Novelty 2025: The Škoda 47E locomotives, which were delivered to the Czechoslovakian state railway in various versions as the S 489 and S 499, are among the most striking electric locomotives in Europe. The attractive appearance is characterised by the rounded drivers cabs with large windows. The locomotive body was made entirely of fibreglass-reinforced plastic. The S 499 was procured by ČSD from 1968 in a quantity of 145 units.

Digital switching of drivers cab lighting and engine room lighting by retrofitting a digital decoder | Two metal scissor pantographs | Skylights in the engine room | Detailed bogies

Features

EAN	4015615217435
Type of current	DC
Railway administration	CD
Era	VI
Kind of measurement	LOB / length over buffers
Measurement	189
Minimum radius	358
Digital interface	NEM 658 PluX22
Interior Lighting / Lights	Digital schaltbare Führerstands- and Maschinenraumbeleuchtung (with PluX22 Decoder)
Coupling	NEM pocket + close coupler mechanism
Sound	PIKO Sound Decoder nachrüstbar #56586
Directional lights	Directional light change white / red
Special Features	Führerpultbeleuchtung
Age recommendation	from 14 years