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Roco 70040 SNCF E231 Steam Locomotive III (DCC-Sound)
Price:
£332.63
+ £14.53 postage
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage.
Condition:
For example: The 231 E series emerged from the need to design powerful steam locomotives for the increasingly heavy French express trains after the First World War. Instead of expensive new developments, André Chapelon was commissioned by the Paris-Orleans Railway to rework existing Pacific-type steam locomotives so that they met the new requirements. The engineer achieved the required increases in performance and savings in consumption primarily through improvements in thermodynamics. Success proved him right: the modified locomotive reached test speeds of up to 174 kilometers per hour, and in everyday operation it still reached an impressive top speed of 130 kilometers per hour. By increasing performance by 50 percent and simultaneously reducing consumption costs, Chapelon turned the old.
