Product Features and Details
Model: Like all Fleischmann locomotives the BR23 has extensive cosmetic details which includes a high quality paint finish, crisp lettering, inset windows, brake shoes between wheels and interior details in the driver’s cab. Mechanically: Fleischmann N-Gauge locomotives are some of the best N-Scale models on the market. This model has a fully functional, finely detailed Heusinger valve gear and prototypical "daylight" between the boiler and chassis. Motor: Fleischmann locomotives are equipped with powerful motors and a high quality gears which gives the model smooth running characteristics and excellent performance, model has four powered axles in tender two of which have traction tires. Lights: Model has prototypical triple headlights on both the locomotive and tender, lights coordinated with direction of travel. Couplers: Model comes with standard Rapido couplers but it is equipped with NEM close coupler pockets so a variety of couplers can be used. Model also has close-coupling between loco and tender. Construction: Model has cast metal chassis and plastic shell.
Prototype: The newly-constructed (Deutsche Bundesbahn) German Federal Railways Class 23 locomotives were used for passenger service. The BR 23's saw service right into the Era IV. On 31.12.1971, there were still 76 engines available for duty, stationed in three loco depots (Saarbrücken, Kaiserslautern und Crailsheim). The modern class 23 "survived" the Prussian P8 - for whom she was conceived as a replacement - for just one year.
