Thanks for the photos John! [:p][:p]

Lots of nice pictures.

Can anyone explain me what a two motor Re6\6 is?
2 locos in one?(Great pulling power?)

Thank u Guus.

Today I can explain what a two engined Re 6/6 is!

I've bought a HAG Re 6/6 or rather a Re 620 033-1(#203 CargoWappen Muri)as it's called now.
The loc has two drive units one on the front and one at the rear.The bogie in between those two has the pickup shoe.
The motors (the 88 type as they are called )look a lot like Märklins 3 pole drum collector ones.The difference,among others,being that these have ballbearings!
The loc drives very very smooth,almost like an old type C-sine Märklin one.
I've tested the loc on both the old CU and Märklin Systems.The latter has more speedsteps,however otherwise there's no difference in the smooth speed control.
I have yet to test the pulling power but I have no doubt about its ability to pull a long train on a steep gradient.
The loc is supplied with an ESU Lokpilot V 2.0 decoder,the one with the new 21 pole plug (Schnittstelle).So it will be user upgradable to a newer version of decoder and or sounddecoder without any/hardly any soldering.

So far my first impressions.

Kind regards
Guus

edited 15-10-2006:My apologies,I made a few mistakes in the numbering of the loc.

Thanks Guus! My only comment....
Photos? [:p][:p][:p]

Hello Matt,

I'm certainly no expert on HAG locos.However I know the one you mention should be a green Re 4/4 II AC loc (or green/weathered,there are 3version of the 11107 AFAIK).

Just like the pre decoder era Märklin locs,the older HAG AC locs drive on AC analog only!

Like you already said there are some 3 rail DC versions of HAG locs around too,but none of them a HAG 160.

My source of information is this site:http://homepage.swissonline.ch/unholz/english.html

Hope this helps a little.

Kind regards
Guus

Very good link.

Generally speaking the 88 type motor has ballbearings.

This link might be a good illustration of the various motor types there are:

http://www.forum.hag-info.ch/viewtopic.php?t=238

It might load slowly because it contains some very detailed large photos!

Kind regards
Guus

I'll try to post some pictures very soon.
Please don't expect the very nice quality pictures of our friend Almagik,but I'll give it my best try.

Kind regards
Guus

Thank you! [:p][:p]
I really must buy one HAG lok, just once. How many do you have Guus? The only problem is that I suspect I will really like it and not stop at one!

I have two HAG locos and I admit I don't seem to be able to stop at one (or two) as well [:0]
The HAG virus is just as contagious as the Märklin variant

On the other hand having had a closer look at HAG I have come to appreciate Märklin locs even more.
Construction wise there are many similarities.
It's only recently that HAG incorporated decoders and Swiss light switching.Märklins croc even has the switchable red rear light.I don't believe there's a HAG loc yet that has the same feature.

I agree.
HAG seems to produce only a limited amount of locs, most of the time after preordering via the dealer.
My local dealer has been waiting for more than 8 months to receive a BLS HAG loco.

There are some Swiss dealers that seem to have a reasonable choice of locos and rolling stock.
BTW mine were bought from a Swiss dealer in Zürich:http://www.roundhouse.ch/

This is my other loc an Ae 4/7 from the Historic depot Lausanne:


HAG 040D (new construction of the Ae 4/7)

Kind regards
Guus