Novelty 2025: At the end of the 1960s, the German Federal Railway called for a new six-axle freight locomotive to improve the competitive situation of the railway compared to road transport. As a supplement and further development to the BR 150 locomotives delivered from the 1950s onwards, this was to accelerate the heavy goods train service with a higher speed of 120 km/h. Between 1972 and 1978, a total of 170 class 151 locomotives were put into service and initially stationed in Hagen and Nuremberg. In 1994, the class 151 locomotives were assigned to DB Cargo. Numerous class 151 locomotives have since been sold to private railway companies and continue to be used in freight transport.

Model version | Digital switching of cab lighting and engine room lighting by retrofitting a digital decoder | Two metal scissor pantographs | Detailed cab and engine room equipment | Prototypical sound

Features

EAN	4015615217053
Sound yes/no	yes
Type of current	DC
Railway administration	DB
Era	IV
Kind of measurement	LOB / length over buffers
Measurement	224
Minimum radius	358
Digital interface	NEM 658 PluX22
Interior Lighting / Lights	Digitally switchable cab lighting (with PluX22 Decoder)
Coupling	NEM pocket + close coupler mechanism
Sound	PIKO sound decoder fitted at the factory
Directional lights	Directional light change white / red
Special Features	Digital schaltbare Maschinenraumbeleuchtung and Anfahrlampen
Age recommendation	from 14 years