Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) class 1018.0 electric locomotive in the so-called blood orange "Jaffa" paint scheme. Rebuilt version corresponding to the ÖBB standardization of this class starting in 1966. The locomotive looks as it did around 1984.
 

Model: The locomotive has a DCC decoder and a controllable locomotive whistle sound. It also has controlled high efficiency propulsion. 2 axles powered. Traction tires. The triple headlights and 1 red marker light change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The headlights are the so-called "Stielaugen" or "Telescope Eyes" headlights. The headlights are maintenance-free, warm white LEDs and the marker lights are maintenance-free LEDs. The engineer's cabs and engine room have interior details. The body has numerous separately applied details. The locomotive has prototypical double-arm pantographs. It also has a finely detailed frame with a prototypical reproduction of the quill type driving wheels. The buffers are metal, separately applied, and come in both a convex and a flat version.

Length over the buffers 19.5 cm / 7-11/16".
  

The class 1018.0 is the right locomotive to go with the 23455 passenger car set that is also coming out in 2011.
 

Charlie's Tip: This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin H0 assortment under item no. Marklin 37683.