■ Model with PluX interface and PluX sound decoder available for the first time
■ Finely detailed model with freestanding handrails
■ In digital mode available with switchable high beam light and individually switchable headlights or tail lights

The 152 series has been developed for heavy goods traffic, to replace the 150 series step by step particularly. From December 1996, the company Krauss-Maffei, as general contractor, delivered 170 locomotives to the DB AG. Siemens Verkehrstechnik was responsible for the electrical part. Designed as a heavy freight locomotive, the machine has a continuous power output of 6.400 kW and can run at a maximum permitted speed of 140 km/h.