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Hobbytrain - H3123 - Locomotive, Electric, Siemens Vectron - Captrain

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Stock Number H3123
Original Retail Price 179.90€
Brand Hobbytrain
Manufacturer Lemke
Body Style Hobbytrain Electric Engine Vectron
Prototype Vehicle Locomotive, Electric, Siemens Vectron (Details)
Road or Company Name Captrain (Details)
Paint Color(s) White, Green & Grey
Print Color(s) Black & Green
Paint Scheme Epoch VI
Coupler Type Rapido Hook NEM Standard Pocket
Coupler Mount Body-Mount
Wheel Type Nickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel Profile Small Flange (Low Profile)
DCC Readiness Ready
Release Date 2022-01-01
Item Category Locomotives
Model Type Electric
Model Subtype Siemens
Model Variety Vectron, BR 248
Prototype Region Europe
Prototype Era EU Epoch VI (2001 - Present)
Years Produced 2010-
Scale 1/160
EAN/JAN/GTIN13 Number 4250528620563
DCC Information: Accepts NEM 662 (Next18S) decoder.
Available in DC or factory-equipped with a Zimo DCC sound-decoder (stock number suffixed with 'S')
Prototype History: The Vectron is a locomotive series made by Siemens Mobility, introduced in 2010 in four prototype versions: diesel, multi-system, and both AC and DC electric power. The Vectron series is reconfigurable and modular, with a Bo'Bo' wheel arrangement, and is intended as the successor to the EuroSprinter family of locomotives.

The Vectron is available in the following variants:
  • MS: Multi-System locomotive with 6400 kW (~)/ 6000 kW (3 kV =)/ 3500 kW (1,5 kV =) power rating and 160 or 200 km/h top speed.
  • AC high power: Alternating Current locomotive with 6400 kW power rating and 160 or 200 km/h top speed (German series BR 193)
  • AC medium power: Alternating Current locomotive with 5600 kW power rating and 160 km/h top speed.
  • DC medium power: Direct Current locomotive with 5200 kW power rating and 160 or 200 km/h top speed (German series BR 191)
  • DE: Diesel-Electric locomotive with 2400 kW and 160 km/h top speed (German series BR 247)
  • DM: Dual Mode locomotive for 15 kV AC voltage and Diesel motor with 2000 kW power rating and 160 km/h top speed (German series BR 248).
More on Vectron on Siemens Mobility website
Road Name History: Captrain is the international European transport brand of SNCF Logistics, specialised in door-to-door rail freight and logistics.
Captrain was formed in 2010 by regrouping under a single brand all SNCF Fret activities outside France, notably from the former Veolia Cargo. It has subsidiaries in Germany, Italy, Benelux and Romania.

Read more (in French) on Wikipedia.
Brand/Importer Information: Hobbytrain was an Austrian firm, that was acquired by Wolfgang Lemke GmbH in 2002. It produces HO and N scale models.
Item created by: CNW400 on 2023-05-10 13:47:03

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