Roco 7510282 HO Electric locomotive EP05-23, PKP , DCC Digital Sound

Electric locomotive EP05-23 of the Polish State Railways.

• Retro locomotive design
• Elaborate livery and printing
• Intricate detailing of the bogies and spoked wheels
• Fine metal wheels with low flanges
• Pantograph with innovative mounting
• In digital mode with switchable driver's cab and engine room lighting, and separately switchable headlight or tail light
• In digital mode, for the first time, with switchable underframe lighting in the PKP design

In 1961, PKP procured 30 four-axle electric locomotives from Skoda in Plzeň (Czechoslovakia), which were incorporated into the fleet as the EU05 class. These were a slightly modified variant of the E 499.1 class of the Czechoslovak State Railways (CSD).
For use on the Centralna Magistrala Kolejowa line between Warsaw and Kraków/Katowice - which was built from 1971 onwards - the EU05 locomotives were modified at the Gdańsk repair depot between 1973 and 1977 by altering the gear ratio to achieve a top speed of 160 km/h. In line with their use on express services, they were given the class designation EP05 and repainted in orange, replacing their previous livery, which featured two shades of green.

General data

• Coupling: NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism
• Minimum radius: 358 mm
• Flywheel: yes
• Number of driven axles: 4
• Number of axles with traction tyres: 1
• Article number: 7510282
• EAN: 9005033399801
• Scale: H0
• Epoch: VI
• Railway Company: PKP

Electrical

• Head light: 3 headlight, dependent on the direction of travel/2 tail lights, dependent on the direction of travel
• LED head light: yes
• Interior lighting: Yes, LED, Digital switchable, Driver's cab lighting, Engine room lighting
• Control: DC Digital
• Interface: Electrical interface for traction units PluX22
• Digital decoder: PluX22
• Sound: yes

Measurements

• Length over buffer: 186 mm