The E94 and E194 are known as the German Crocodile and consist of a central section and two moving noses. The E 94 electric locomotives were built after 1940 and are designed for heavy freight trains but also used for passenger trains.
The locomotives of the E 94 series could reach a speed of 85 km/h with 2000 tons of weight. With a slope of 1% and 1,600 tons of weight a speed of 40 km/h could be achieved. The maximum speed was 100 km/h. The E94-145 is built by WLF / Elin.
In the 60s the roofs were extend to create shade for the engineers. These were hosted in the E194 series.
The Marklin 37225 E94-145 is a model from 1950 (period III) and has 2 head lights, while the E194 161-6 is a model from 1981 (period IV) with 3 head lights.
The Marklin E94 and E194 came with a simple digital decoder with 28 speed steps and no sound support. I have installed in both locomotives an ESU LokSound M4 62499 decoder with a speaker and programmed the decoders with the E94 and E194 driving sounds.
The switchable functions for the Motorola addresses 93 and 94 (for E94) and addresses 95 and 96 (for E194) are:
- Front light
- Rear light via AUX1
- Engine sound and break sound
- Whistle
- Compressor
- Compressor air
- Acceleration and Break time
- Station call
- Shuting mode
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