Piko 47481 Gauge TT Electric locomotive BR S499.02 of the CSD, era IV with sound

Sound electric locomotive BR S499.02 of the CSD, era IV, including PIKO sound decoder
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As alternating current electrification progressed, ČSD's need for suitable locomotives grew.
As a further development of the BR S499.0, the robust S499.02 machines were created in the mid-1970s. For cost reasons, the locomotive body of the new S499.02 was no longer made of glass fiber reinforced plastic, but of steel, which is why the locomotives differed significantly from the S499.0 on the outside. Between 1975 and 1981, 86 units entered service with the ČSD and were used on both freight and passenger trains. In the 1980s, some of the locomotives received modern single-arm pantographs and in 1988 they were redesignated to the 242 series. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, all BR S499.02 went to the Czech Railways (ČD) and are still in use there today.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Delicate metal current collectors
• Detailed driver's cab
• Digitally switchable lighting in the engine room and driver's cab
• Silky-smooth driving characteristics
• Designed engine room
• Accurate reproduction of the locomotive body with the eye-catching fan band