Roco 7520142 H0 E- Loc E 16 09 of DRG
Electric locomotive E 16 09 of the German State Railroad Company.At the beginning of the 1920s, the Federal Railways required high-performance electric locomotives for express train service on the Bavarian network around Munich, which is currently being planned. Since the first locomotives with the innovative single-axle drive model Buchi in Switzerland were very well-proven with the series AE 3/6 I, the first machines of a much heavier design were ordered as early as 1922. The 120 km/h fast locomotives achieved an hourly output of 2,340 kW. In the first few years of use, the high-quality express trains from Munich starting from the tasks of the E 16. Most of the time, they spanned fast trains and express trains in Bavaria and Austria.This text is machine translated.