Product Features and Details
Prototype: At the beginning of the 1950's there was a shortage of powerful express locomotives on the DB. For this reason around thirty of the 18.5 locomotives were given new welded replacement boilers, new fireboxes and new cabs. Adding these new features the DB changed the loco number from 18.5 to 18.6 The new 18.6 locomotives were considered one of the most economical steam locomotives in the DB fleet. Until they were taken out of service in the late 1960's the 18.6 locomotives travelled over 30 million kilometers.
Model:. This model will be exquisite. Model features super detailling in black and red livery with prototypical "daylight" between boiler and chassis. Fully operational and finely detailed Heusinger valve gear, brake blocks between the wheels and brake blocks on the pony wheels. Cast metal loco wheels and chassis. Motor with flywheel. With standard NEM 651 socket to install a DCC/TWIN-Decoder. Drive in tender onto 4 wheels with 4 traction tyres. Triple headlights at each end, co-ordinated with direction of travel. Close-coupling between loco and tender. Close-coupling between loco and tender. PROFI-coupling with pre-uncoupling on tender end. PROFI-coupling with adapter for choice of mounting the coupling apparatus on the front included. Kulissengeführtes Drehgestell an der Frontseite. Close-coupling mechanism on tender end. Standard NEM 362 coupling socket. Epoch III
