Jouef

• new Jouef scale model announced in 1977

- electric locomotive BB 139 562-3 DB (ref. 8864),

• registered number: 139 562-3 DB
• cream/blue plastic body
• operating metallic pantographs
• silk screen printing DB on body sides
• same roof and roof equipment shared by Jouef E 110 DB and E 139 DB scale models
• black plastic frame
• embossed characters Jouef and Made in France under frame
• Jouef electric motor 12 volts 5 poles
• drive by endless screw and gear wheels
• 1 driving bogie
• 2 driving axles with rubber bands
• grey plastic bogies
• metallic wheels
• inverted white front lights
• international coupling without loop
• length: 187 mm
• weigth: 220 g

• none

Electric locomotives BB 139 DB

	8864	electric locomotive BB 140 202-3 DB, green.grey(1).	issued in ??? announced in novelt. 1977.
	8864	electric locomotive BB 139 562-3 DB, blue beige.	cat. 1978-1979.

⁽¹⁾: In the Novelties 1977 folder, the electric locomotive 140 202-3 DB is shown with a green and grey livery. Is it an color printing error? The three german locomotives had a different livery during production.

for similar alternatives, see also:

• electric locomotive BB 110 DB
• electric locomotive BB 182 DB

- for other production, see also:

• electric locomotive BB 139 DB, modèle simplified model (Jouef HDI)

To launch the Jouef brand on the German market, the decision was done to produce electric locomotives E.110/139/140/182 DB scale models. The electric locomotives E.182 DB was also visible in France. The electric locomotive E.140 DB was discarded as it was already reproduced by many others models train makers. The bogies are identical for the three series, the locomotives E.110/139 DB shared the same body. To compensate the mechanics weakness of the Jouef model, many German railway enthusiasts changed it with a Märklin or Roco mechanics.