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Offline H0  
#1 Posted : 01 June 2008 23:21:00(UTC)
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Hello!

Some pictures to show the differences between members of the TRAXX family.

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145 018 with destination board and 4 hand rails at the front (and an unknown sister loco)
Before class 146 was built, some locos of class 145 got destination boards and were allowed by special permission to drive 160 km/h (obviously this is one of them).

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145 066 has 2 hand rails at the front and no destination board.
Swiss Re 481 have the same body.

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146 017 has a different destination board, but the same body as class 145; all class 146.0 locos have this body.

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185 048 with two pantographs (class 146.1 has the same body as class 185.0); to allow international operation the roof is lower around the pantographs.

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185 103 has four pantographs (the truck is also different because the loco has magnets for operation in Switzerland); it's like Re 482.

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185 567 (like DB's class 185.2) looks slightly different: hand rails and wipers have been moved, the roof looks different, too.
The same body is used for class 146.2, too.
Regards
Tom
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Offline steventrain  
#2 Posted : 01 June 2008 23:40:12(UTC)
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Very good shot pictures.Smile
Large Marklinist 3- Rails Layout with CS2/MS2/Boosters/C-track/favorites Electric class E03/BR103, E18/E118, E94, Crocodiles/Steam BR01, BR03, BR05, BR23, BR44, BR50, Big Boy.
Offline RayF  
#3 Posted : 02 June 2008 00:55:45(UTC)
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Very informative, Tom.

Thanks a lot!

Ray
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Online mmervine  
#4 Posted : 02 June 2008 01:36:38(UTC)
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There is also some good information and pictures here:

http://www.railcolor.net...p?nav=1000001&lang=1

r/mark
Märklin C-track, Marklin Digital & ECoS, multi-era French & Swiss
http://www.ete-ene.org/m...mervines-layout-gallery/
Offline bmcrae  
#5 Posted : 02 June 2008 02:13:22(UTC)
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[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by h-zero
<br />Hello!

Some pictures to show the differences between members of the TRAXX family.


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185 567 (like DB's class 185.2) looks slightly different: hand rails and wipers have been moved, the roof looks different, too.
The same body is used for class 146.2, too.



The Black and White versions of this lok (already issued by Trix) might make a nice Märklin double pack!! [:p]
Offline Bigdaddynz  
#6 Posted : 02 June 2008 02:36:23(UTC)
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Great pictures, thanks for sharing Tom.
Offline steventrain  
#7 Posted : 02 June 2008 22:10:13(UTC)
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I have see the Class 185 have two pantographs and the same class 185 have four pantographs.
Large Marklinist 3- Rails Layout with CS2/MS2/Boosters/C-track/favorites Electric class E03/BR103, E18/E118, E94, Crocodiles/Steam BR01, BR03, BR05, BR23, BR44, BR50, Big Boy.
Offline Ladislas  
#8 Posted : 02 June 2008 22:29:33(UTC)
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Thanks for the very nice pictures and explanation!
Offline Marty  
#9 Posted : 03 June 2008 04:09:59(UTC)
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185 048 with two pantographs (class 146.1 has the same body as class 185.0); to allow international operation the roof is lower around the pantographs.


Is the roof lower to accommodate the very low catenary line heights of Switzerland? Is the externally mounted bus of the dual system loks too high to be mounted on the full-height roofline of a 145/146? I like the clean roof of the 145/146 and have wondered why this isn't standardized on all the Traxx loks.

Thanks for the excellent post,
Marty
Offline H0  
#10 Posted : 04 June 2008 00:42:47(UTC)
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[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Marty
<br />Is the roof lower to accommodate the very low catenary line heights of Switzerland? Is the externally mounted bus of the dual system loks too high to be mounted on the full-height roofline of a 145/146?

The roof is lower to bring the wide German wipers through the narrow tunnels in France and Switzerland (different clearance diagram); AFAIK this is not related to low catenary.
And the higher voltage (25 kV in France) requires larger insulators.
I don't know why they have visible power cables on the roof.

The EuroSprinter family has made the same changes: class 152 had hardly anything on the roof, class 182 (Taurus 1016/1116) had a wire on the roof; classes 189 and Taurus 1216 have a forrest of insulators on the roof (nice to see, but not too aerodynamic).
Regards
Tom
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