Florians Eisenbahnseite - Kurioses und Seltenes

Here we see a DB 151 and 111, however in a desing a little bit obsucre for these locos. Both designs were really used by the DB, however not for these locomotive types. The blue colour of the 151 was reserved for express train locomotives faster than 120 km/h, here a freight train loco was painted in this way by Lima. The first units of this class still got the old - green - painting, later series already the new blue-beige design. The 111 was deliverd in blue-beige design from the beginning on. If the old design woild have been still in use, the locos would have been painted blue. Also the bogies of this model are wrong.

Some Curious Lima Models

A two-axled V 100


Some modelrailroader will ask himself serious questions about the loco on the picture. It has the body of a DB V 100, it's also lettered as such an engine. But a V 100 with a "B" axle configuration? Everybody knows that the DB V 100 has the axle configuration B'B! The answer: this is more a toy than a model, from the times when lima mainly produced toy- and not ral model trains - for children. And any child will ask if the "model" is true to prototype in any way


Really an E 10?

But that's not enough yet. What we are seeing now is an engine numbered as "E 10 1269", but with the body of a V 80 in the blue-beige DB Design which was never used for that loco - only some locos sold to Italy (after withdrwal of service by the DB) were painted in this way. Moreover it's based on the two-axled chassis of the "V 100" we have been regarded just before.... Once again we don't see a model, but a toy....it has been produced around the mid-1980ies.



But not only the two-axled "V 80" was offered by Lima as a E 10. Before, also a FS D342 4005 had to undergo this "prodcedure". A model offerd by Lima betwenn 1964 and 1974. The running number is the same one Märklin used for their "real" E 10, so the "models" presumedly have been offered between the mid-1960ies and the mid-1970ies and were parts of starter sets sold in supermarkets

	On the left side we see the running number E 10 238 and the DB-sign, on the right side a comparision with the original model, the FS D342 4005.


SNCF CC 72105

This SNCF lcomotive existed, if course - but only about 100 units were built, so there were no such high running numbers! The design is similar to that used for electric locos, but has never been existed in reality.


Another two phantasy designs...



Here we see a DB 151 and 111, however in a desing a little bit obsucre for these locos. Both designs were really used by the DB, however not for these locomotive types. The blue colour of the 151 was reserved for express train locomotives faster than 120 km/h, here a freight train loco was painted in this way by Lima. The first units of this class still got the old - green - painting, later series already the new blue-beige design. The 111 was deliverd in blue-beige design from the beginning on. If the old design woild have been still in use, the locos would have been painted blue. Also the bogies of this model are wrong.


Ae 6/6 Swiss Express

		There was never an Ae 6/6 in Swiss Express design, but that was not a problem for Lima... At least they took the right running number of a Swiss Express Re 4/4, an one pantograph was left. However, the Ae 6/6 would have been looking quite good in this design!


Pop Cars

These "Pop Cars" look very shortened. As well as the livry is quite simple. From the time, when Lima didn't produce real models, but toys.