Why is the 4551 called a crocodile?
From Brian Williams: ! LEGO set #4551 bears a striking resemblance to the Austrian Federal Railways class 1020 electric locomotive. Märklin produced a now out-of-production miniature bearing the paint scheme. The prototype was more orange than red. Forty seven of the class 1020 operated in Austria after 1945. These locomotives were manufactured in Germany as the popular class E94 before the war for the most part (later reclassified by the Deutsch Bundesbahn in Germany as DB class 194). The E94 possessed features similar to the popular Swiss class Be 6/8III in that it was powerful, articulated and had two coupled power trucks with a cab in between. The Swiss Be 6/8III was nicknamed crocodile because the long, dark green hoods covering it s power trucks were reminiscent of a crocodile. Because of the similarities between the locomotives, the German class E94 became known as the German Crocodile. For more information on the prototype visit http://www.bockholt-lokomotiven.de/en/mod/sbb_ce6
