344 - Märklin 3172 electric locomotive class 111 068-3 of the DB in red-white, gauge H0, orig. packaging

Märklin 3172 electric locomotive class 111 068-3 of the DB in red-white, gauge H0, orig. packaging Electric locomotive of gauge H0 by Märklin, article number 3172, model of class 111 of the German Federal Railway with the running number 111 068-3. Plastic body in red with a light grey decorative stripe and grey roof, wheel arrangement Bo'Bo', two pantographs, three-light headlamp signal at both ends. In original packaging, the box with storage marks. The locomotive's function has been tested and is present. Played-with condition. The track section shown serves only for presentation. The absence of smaller, delicate add-on parts cannot be entirely ruled out. Of class 111 the German Federal Railway procured a total of 227 machines between 1974 and 1984; they were delivered in the then standard livery of ocean blue and beige. The two Munich locomotives 111 068 and 111 069 served in the mid-1980s as test vehicles for a new colour concept and for this carried a red and light-grey livery - from this trial emerged the Oriental Red later introduced network-wide. With the 111 068-3 the model depicts exactly one of these two test locomotives and was manufactured from 1986 to 1988.