V200 147 – Five Stations of a Locomotive Legend

That the V 200 is a legendary locomotive is basic knowledge for anyone interested in railways. However, that there are locomotives from this series which, in addition to possess extremely interesting CVs, belongs more to the category of „in-depth expertise“. The multifaceted career of the V 200 147 is both an obligation and an occasion for Montaperti Modelltechnik, this A machine with five carefully researched variants, a model-building monument. to set. They bring this long-lasting locomotive with its international stations back to life, thus telling the story of a V 200.1 that was and is much more than just a mere operating number among many.

With its delivery in mid-1965, V 200 147 was assigned to the BW Lübeck allocated to haul high-quality express trains in the direction of Denmark on the Vogelflug line. 15 years later – painted in ocean blue/beige since 1976 – it makes its way to the Bw Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck, to transport heavy ore, potash and steel trains from here. While the „Pott“ is the final destination for many of its kind, 221 147-2 ended up in the late 1980s Hellenic State Railways (OSE). There, from Athens, she pulls all types of trains under the designation A 416, before being brought back to her old home in 2002. From 2008 onwards, she belongs to the fleet as D 20. Bentheimer Railway, eventually for Leipzig from 2020 to the present day FLEX Rail Services GmbH to transport goods trains all over the world with its old operating number 221 147-2 and approvals for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands.

In collaboration with BMB – Bee‘s Modellbahn, we are releasing 5 special models of the V 200 147. These are NEM vehicles in the following versions:

• B-2115 – V 200 147 – DB – Locomotive of Era III (circa 1965) – BD Hamburg / Bw Lübeck – Painted in purplish-red (RAL 3004) / black-grey (RAL 7021) – decorative stripes silver-coloured
• B-2116 – 221 147-2 – DB – Locomotive of Epoch IV (c. 1980) – BD Essen / Bw Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck – Finish in Ocean Blue (RAL 5020) / Ivory (RAL 1014)
• B-2117 – A 416 – OSE – Locomotive of Epoch IV (circa 1989) – BW Athens – Livery based on DB, but with significant differences, in Ocean Blue (RAL 5020) / Ivory (RAL 1014)
• B-2118 – D20 – Bentheimer Railway – Locomotive of Era V (circa 2008) – EuroTerminal Coevorden – Painted in Anthracite Grey (RAL 7016) / Rapeseed Yellow (RAL 1021) / Fire Red (RAL 3000) – Trim stripe silver-coloured – Angular buffers – EBA No. 92 80 1221 147-2 D-BE
• B-2119 – 221 147-2 – FLEX Rail Services – Locomotive of Era VI (as of 2021) – Paint finish in anthracite grey (RAL 7016) / traffic green (RAL 6024) / black (RAL 9005) – Light grey decorative stripes – angular buffers – EBA no. 92 80 1221 147-2 D-FLEX

Each locomotive can optionally be ordered with finescale wheelsets for an additional charge of €50 each.

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