E 12.2.12 articulated locomotive

[loupgarou]

At the beginning of the sixties, owing to the "Wirtschaftswunderzeit" in Germany and the "Miracolo economico" in Italy, industry and trade in Europe had a rapid and quick upswing.
The classic railway line through Switzerland, the Gotthard, was overloaded, and was quickly necessary to find another one for a part of the freight traffic.
So the old Maloja line, hardly used after the flight of the Von Ryan's Express (see here also: https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=32877.0 ) was re-opened. The steep grades of the line required powerful locomotives, and as a stop-gap, following the example of the BLS swiss railway company (see https://www.marklinfan.net/ae88bls/Ae_88_BLS.html ), the italian Ferrovie dello Stato decided to use some old E 626 electric locos, surplus from the plain lines, to build a small series of articulated locos.
The 12 units builts were ready by 1965 and were used till 1976, when after long delays, the monster units E 10.4.10 were ready and took over the heavy freight trains.

The project:

and, with the mandatory pre-work photo, the material:


As a comparison, the later E 10-4-10 units:

[PR19_Kit]

What a fascinating project, to a railway nut anyway. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Looks and sounds epic. 

[loupgarou]

Main cuts have been done:

Now I have to fill some small holes before joining.
While cutting, I thought that also a long rigid frame type would be nice:


and, of course, the remaining cabs could/will be used for a shoshunter (short shunter):

[loupgarou]

I managed to - at last - to complete this build, stalled for a little problem about how to fit the bellows between the 2 half units.





Now the loco is ready for heavy goods trains over the Maloja Pass line...when I have managed to advance with my layout...

[PR19_Kit]

That's VERY impressive!   

Are the second four axles on each loco separate bogies or is it one four axled bogie? It looks as if they may be articulated themselves.

[Dizzyfugu]

That's HUGE, but very cool. Nicely done! 
Is it static or truly functional?

[loupgarou]

That's VERY impressive!   

Are the second four axles on each loco separate bogies or is it one four axled bogie? It looks as if they may be articulated themselves.

I don't remember the correct definition according to the rules, anyway there is a 2 axles bogie, 2 "fixed" axles, another bogie and repeat. 

[loupgarou]

That's HUGE, but very cool. Nicely done! 
Is it static or truly functional?

Truly functional of course. Two motors, the original ones.
If I decide to digitalize it, maybe I'll remove one of the motors.

[Rheged]

I like it!!

[Dizzyfugu]

Lovely! 

[NARSES2]

That's really good   

[PR19_Kit]

I don't remember the correct definition according to the rules, anyway there is a 2 axles bogie, 2 "fixed" axles, another bogie and repeat. 

Excellent, thanks.

I think that makes it a Bo-BoBo+BoBo-Bo under the UK system. I have NO idea what it would be in Italy. 

[Wardukw]

This is very cool 😎 
If ya can't get a Big-Boy then build a modern one instead...love it