Product Features and Details
6 Pin "Desiro" diesel railcar unit of the DB AG, class 642. Overall length: 261 mm. Prototypical livery and lettering. Inset windows. Diecast metal chassis in both vehicles. Motor with flywheel. With standard NEM 651 socket for installation of a decoder. Triple LED-headlights and red tail lighting, coordinated with the direction of travel. Drive on 4 wheels, of which 2 are fitted with traction tires. Close-coupling fitted to the Jakobs-bogies between the vehicles. Also included are the dummy couplings at each end of the vehicles, replaceable using the adapter with standard NEM 355 socket as well as PROFI-couplings 9545 for linking units together. Prepared ready to install interior lighting. Epoch V.
From 2000 onwards, the DB AG has been putting the modern and environmentally friendly diesel railcars of class 642 "Desiro" with their top speed of 120 km/h into service for regional traffic.
Important comfortable innovations of these trains are:
• 60 % low-floor section with a floor height of just 575 mm
• lighter and larger capacity interior, large window bands, vision though the whole
trains
• Disabled friendly toilet system
• Boarding assistance for wheelchair users
• Air cooling equipment
• Air-sprung bogies for optimum ride comfort
By the clever usage of mass-produced components from the bus manufacturing industry, the class 642 guarantees low-cost investment and running costs, thus making it possible to run an attractive and economic service on local branch lines and within high-density areas of population. Variations on the "Desiro" theme are running on private rail networks and on foreign rails too.
