12E Blue Train

NZ $450.00

Approximately $281.23
12E Blue Train

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Please note: This is not the kit that we supplied previously. This model does not require a donor, it is complete with a DCC ready mechanism (NEM 8 pin) powered by a coreless motor and pantographs. The mechanism includes prototypical spoked wheels.

Five modified 6E1 Series 10 locomotives were delivered by UCW in 1983 for use on the Metroblitz high speed passenger service between Johannesburg and Pretoria. These were single cab locomotives, with a guards area where the rear cab would have been.

When the Metroblitz service was withdrawn in 1985, they were repainted into Blue train livery and used on the Blue Train between Pretoria and Kimberley until 2005 when the 14Es took over the duty. There were several modifications made to the units, and thus the 12E in Metroblitz service and the 12E in Blue Train service can not be modelled by the same bodyshell.

Of note is that we have seen photographic evidence of both single arm and diamond frame pantographs fitted to these locomotives in both Metroblitz and Blue Train service.

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