Electric locomotive class 1044 of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).  Epoch IV

■ Prototypical implementation of the front end
■ Model in blood orange livery with computer number
■ Model with grey frame and grey roof available for the first time
■ Many extra applied plug-in parts, partly executed in etching technology
■ Use in front of passenger and goods trains within Austria and to Germany
■ With etched factory plate included
■ Perfectly matches the EC 60/61 “Maria Theresia” – items 74043, 74044 and 74045

From 1976 to 1995, the ÖBB purchased 217 units of the four-axle thyristor locomotives class 1044. The 5,120 kW locomotives, which reached speeds of up to 160 km/h, shaped the modern image of the ÖBB for many years.