Electric locomotive 1502 NMBS (Belgium) LS Models

Brand - Reference

LS Models 12026

Type

NMBS 1502

Mass / Max. slipping current @ 12 V

429 g / 0.36 A

Comments

Some parts are missing: side window deflector, isolator, door handle. The wipers are way too thick. That said, it is a very beautiful model that I cannot criticize in detail, because I don’t know enough this machine.

For information, reference of the sound decoder: ESU 55423.

See:

• gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued NMBS 15 series models.
• Belgian forum Train Miniature Magazine.

Modifications

• Lokpilot V3.0 decoder.
• Detailing parts mounted, driver in the front cab.
• 3000 V pantograph changed due to breakage. Limitation of panto extension by polystyrene stop.

History

Tricurrent locomotives (25 kV 50 Hz, 1500 V and 3000 V DC) built in five units, ordered in 1962 to tow the international trains on the TEE line Paris - Brussels - Amsterdam (source: wikipedia). Construction by Ateliers de Construction Electrique de Charleroi (ACEC) for the electrical part and La Brugeoise et Nivelles for the mechanical part. Continuous power: 2620 kW; weight in service: 77.7 t; maximum speed: 160 km/h.

First numbered in Type 150, in blue livery, these machines became Series 15 in 1971, with the same livery until 1978.

Documents

• Photos on Rail Fan Europe
• Les nouvelles rames T.E.E. Paris-Bruxelles-Amsterdam in La Vie du Rail No. 961 of 13 September 1964.
• Les voitures TEE inox 1961 in Le Train, Les archives de la DEV vol. 2, p. 23 et 27.
• trains-europe.fr website
• Wikipedia article
• Article of G. Vanhee, Senior Engineer, on the rixke.tassignon.be website.
• Fiches descriptives du matériel de traction (Descriptive sheets for traction equipment) on tassignon.be, page 23.
• lijn58.be website. Broken link.
• LS Models instruction leaflet.