I was given this small powered loco(?). Not sure if it's even considered a loco. Can anyone tell me what it is called, and who would have made these way back when?
Not sure...but the pantograph almost looks kitbashed...hmmmm * And the the 2 words no model railroder wants to hear..."It's cute!" ** did find this on google...its HO not N though ;-) http://www.allegro.pl/item860810720_elektrolok_e_69_piko_db.html#gallery .
I would say Tyco. My dad had an HO narrow guage by Tyco. Ran on N scale track. The engine was a little bigger than an N guage train. Nice electric engine though.
I kept my 1971-72 Arnold Rapido catalog on hand for just this occasion. This is an N scale model of a German electric switching locomotive. At the time of the catalog, it was the oldest German electric locomotive still in service. Arnold catalog #0240 1971 price, $14.oo The pantograph in the catalog illustration looks more delicate. The one on your model may be a cobbled-together replacement. The pantograph of the original model did NOT have electrical function, although most larger Rapido models of electric locos could run either from 2-rails or by functioning pantograph. It looks like you have a piece of N scale history.
Kenneth is right, it is a E69 of the DB (German Federal Railways), built for the LAG (Lokalbahn Aktiengesellschaft) which in 1938 was bought by the DRG (German State Railways), the final one of the 5 built was in servive until 1982. It was built by different companies and they all differed slightly in their form and specification: E69 01: Chassis - Katharinenhütte, Engine - Siemens Schuckertwerke built 1905 E69 02: Chassis - Krauss, Engine - Siemens Schuckertwerke built 1909 E69 03: Chassis - Krauss, Engine - Siemens Schuckertwerke built 1912 E69 04: (not sure, Siemens probably) built 1922 E69 05: Chassis - Maffei, Engine - Siemens Schuckertwerke built 1930 - This is the model you have, I think. The panto looks a bit too thick for me too to be original. Andreas
I have one of these. There were some cars that went with it, I have them too. They are still in their original boxes, the locomotive is not. I am not much for the alien prototypes, but I bought it many years past for very little, with the intent of bashing it into something else and trading the cars. Instead, I realised that it was, in fact, a piece of N scale history, so I held onto it as I bought it. That pantograph, manufactured by Klunkmeisterwerken AG Deutschland for Arnold, is , in fact, the original. Mine has the same pantograph and bell. The photograph in the catalogue may be of an HO or larger scale model.
Hi there, let me try to bring some light into the tunnel, probably! This model is made by Arnold and they came out with several versions of E69 during the 60 and 70. This loco is one of the first models from the very beginning of N-scale and dated 1964. It had those plastic pantos for a very short time, the later productions got finer metal made pantos. Regards Mathi
Thanks to all. Cool little find I'd say. I'm actually going to sell this item, as I run a DCC layout. Surely someone will love to have this, and give it the good cleaning and lubing it deserves.
So, if mine is not an original 1964, it is close to it, -eh? Thank you for the enlightenment. It is not a bad runner, especially when you consider that it was manufactured in the 1960s. As for clunky plastic pantographs, the Kato steeplecab, which is recent production, still has one.
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Something that I am doing on my layout is a small museum at a round house turntable. All the engines that I cannot change to DCC due to age will be placed there for all to view. I have several that were my dads and they are so old I don't think that they can be changed cheaply so they will stay in the museum. He did a free lance layout so they will be a neat little addition.
