Product Features and Details
This Bavarian Era I Branch Line set is an exclusive offering from Reynauld’s. This Bavarian, early 1900s goods train, is powered by a beautiful & exclusive Fleischmann DVI Ebermannstadt tank locomotive,
and is delivering some highly unique agricultural equipment. The special freight is transported by two Brawa flat cars. The equipment includes a Lanz threshing machine used to remove seeds from stalks and husks. The second flatcar is loaded with a unique vertical boiler and winch system that was used to pull logs uphill. At the rear of the train is an exquisite Heris beer car transporting beer from the Austrian brewery Nussdorfer. The locomotive was first built in 1880 and was designed for use on small local branch-lines hauling both local passenger service and light freight. This set is unique to Reynauld’s Euro Imports and is offered in extremely limited quantities.
Locomotiove Model: The Fleischmann D VI tank locomotive might just be the most attractive little tank loco ever made. Words cannot describe its beauty. It is highly detailed, colorful, and the number of separately applied parts is truly amazing. The Bavarian DVI would be a great model for a small Era I branch line layout. Fleischmann offers several versions so add one to your collection today.
Model Features:
- 5 Pole Can Motor with Flywheel
- Metal Body and Chassis
- Directional lighting
- PluX16 Digital DCC Receptacle
- NEM 362 Coupler Pocket
- 2 Traction Tires
Prototype: When it comes to modeling European trains one of the more popular time periods to model is Era I. Era I is desirable because it deals with many of the private state railways from the years 1835 to 1925. The Bavarian State Railways is among the most exciting railways to model in this time period because they incorporated many unique and impressive steam locomotives which were painted in exquisite liveries. The DVI was built in 1880 by J. A. Maffei and Krauss in München, 53 locomotives were built between 1880 and 1894. The DVI was designed to be used on small local branch-lines hauling both local passenger service and light branch-line freight. In 1925 when the Deutsche Reichsbahn unified all the German State Railroads 26 Bavarian DVI's were re-classified as BR 98.75 of which five were equipped with water storage containers on the sides. The remaining locomotives operated in the Pfalz area of Germany in the cities of Speyer and Maximiliansau. They were decommissioned at the end of the 1920s and partially sold off as factory locomotives.