EuroCity 72/73 "Smetana" (Wien-Praha) - part 3

I bought the DC analog engine, so I needed to equip it with a decoder. It's a 8-pin socket, so I used ESU 59620 DCC:

EuroCity 72/73 "Smetana" (Wien-Praha) - part 2

With this formation, I had to find the appropriate engine: an ÖBB Class 1014. As I was looking for the miniature model of that locomotive, I came across this video that explains the rather interesting history behind the prototypical engine:

 

 

Only Roco produced this engine and again I came across a page with the history of the model this time:

http://www.bahnwahn.de/rocooebb1014/Geschichte/geschichte.html

 

This is the model I was able to find - Roco 63610:

And here's the full formation on Airtable:

 

 

 

 

EuroCity 72/73 "Smetana" (Wien-Praha) - part 1

This first post is about the train formation itself. I saw the two ACME sets for it, but they were released exclusively for the OKvláčky.cz store in Czech Republic:

ACME 90167 + 90177

ACME 90167 + 90177

 

 And here's the real train formation from this link:

 

EuroCity 22/23 "Johann Strauß" (Köln Hbf–Wien Westbf) - part 3

 

I bought the DC analog engine, so I needed to equip it with a decoder. It's a 8-pin socket, so I used ESU 59620 DCC:

 

ESU 59620 LokPilot 5 DCC Decoder - NEM652 8-Pin Interface

 

 

EuroCity 22/23 "Johann Strauß" (Köln Hbf–Wien Westbf) - part 2

With this formation, I had to find the appropriate engine: a DB BR 103. I was lucky enough to find Roco 72394 at an okay price:

 

https://www.roco.cc/rde/72394-elektrolokomotive-br-103-der-db-ag.html

 

 These are all the cars I need for the train formation:

 

I have one ACME 90126, therefore I need:

• ACME 90125
• ACME 90127
• ÖBB Bmz 73 from ACME 90125 or RailTop 32211, 32212, 32213
• ÖBB Bmpz 73 from ACME 90126 or RailTop 32221, 32222
• ÖBB Amz 73 from ACME 90125 or RailTop 32101 

 

 

EuroCity 22/23 "Johann Strauß" (Köln Hbf–Wien Westbf) - part 1

I recently purchased an ACME car set for the "Johann Strauß" train - I have one and I'd need to find the other two.

 

ACME 90125, 90126, and 90127

Here are several photos from the real train formation between 1993 and 1995:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/185503811@N08/49556368307/

https://www.facebook.com/100057333555342/posts/103-212-7-ec-22-johann-strauss-wien-westbf-k%C3%B6ln-hbfwien-westbf-27021995foto-pete/309087741012342/

https://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/deutschland~e-loks~br-103/843796/103-123-mit-ec-23-johann.html

 

And here's an example of the train formation on vagonweb.cz:

https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=DB&cislo=22&rok=1997&lang=en

https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=DB&cislo=22&rok=1996&lang=en

https://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=DB&kategorie=EC&cislo=22&rok=1995&lang=en

 

New engines

I got a couple of new engines and since I temporally fixed my issue for Roco models, I updated those as well.

LS Models 17414DCS - NightJet Vectron BR 193 962-8

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/191979005@N08/53941406201/

B-Models VB3605.03 - SNCB HLD 5111

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/philstephenrichards/5976062234/

Piko 21688 - ČD Vectron BR 193 290-4 

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/136314743@N04/41657962420/

Roco 70434 - ÖBB 1044.01

I bought this one because it was deeply discounted. I'm not sure just yet for which composition I will use it, but I know Rh 1044 is a very common engine for ÖBB.

https://www.roco.cc/ren/70434-electric-locomotive-104401-obb.html

It got address #1014:

Roco 70527 - ÖBB 1116 088-6

Check this post to see the pictures. I post here only the decoder with address #1116:

 

Roco 7510032 - ÖBB 1216 227-9

For the EC 73 "Smetana" Prague – Brno Hbf., I needed a ÖBB 1216!

https://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/oesterreich~e-loks~br-1216-e-190/633604/1216-233-oebb-mit-ec-73.html

 I purchased Roco 7510032 - ÖBB 1216 227-9:

https://www.roco.cc/ren/7510032-electric-locomotive-1216-227-9-obb.html

 And I gave it address #1216:

 

Roco 7510053 -  NightJet BR 185 552-7

Check this post to see the pictures. I post here only the decoder with address #1857:

 

Roco 7310010 - DB BR 218 150-1 

This is a diesel engine for my "Nordsee Express" train. I made a post about it here. As mentioned on that page, there's a special edition of the BR 218 in cream and blue livery, but it is sold out. Instead, I'm purchased the main Roco model that works well too.

https://www.reisezugwagen.eu/?p=45150

That main model is Roco 7310010 - DB BR 218 150-1:

https://www.roco.cc/ren/products/locomotives/diesel-locomotives/7310010-diesel-locomotive-218-150-1-db.html

It got address #2181:

 

Roco 70733 & 7500035- SNCB HLE 2870 & 2869 

This is a new InterCity composition with a new livery for HLE 28 from SNCB:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193935765@N02/54192880310/

 I found Traxx BR186 on sales and I will use the DCC Sound for the HLE 2870 and the DC with ESU decoder for the HLE 2869: