Electric - locomotive cla ss 186 NS

Electric locomotive E 186 012 belonging to the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands State Railways). ■ Version with Akiem logo ■ With separately attached plug-in parts, in part using etching technology ■ Design with snow plough on the chassis ■ Switchable headlight/tail light with DIP switch The Netherlands State Railways ordered a total of 19 more TRAXX F160 MS featuring the country package DE/AT/BE/NL and a maximum speed of 160 km/h in the year 2014 so that sufficient locomotives were available for the Amsterdam–Breda connection, also allowing for it to be expanded. Between 2014 and the beginning of 2015, the 186 001–019 locomotives were supplied in a yellow/blue livery. Since June 1st 2018, the 186 001–045 Dutch locomotives have been the possession of Akiem within the scope of a sale/lease-back procedure.