KM1 German Steam Locomotive BR 01 192, DRG Ep. II, Bw Köln Deutzerfeld, NEM  
    

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Prototype:
The designation of the series already indicates it: The 01 often comes first when railroaders think of fast, powerful machines. It was able to defend this status for several decades.

A total of 231 units were built from 1926 to 1938. It was the first standardized locomotive with the 2'C1' (4-6-2) wheel arrangement and also the most powerful machine for express train service. Various minor modifications were made during series production. Particularly noticeable is the enlargement of the front running wheels from 850 to 1000 mm starting with the 01 102, and the brakes were reinforced at the same time. This allowed the maximum permissible speed to be raised from 120 to 130 km/h. The class was in service with the DB until 1973, and with the DR even until the early 1980s. There, 35 locomotives were reconstructed and re-designated as 01 5 starting in 1962. At the DB, 50 locomotives were equipped with the high-performance boiler of the 01 10 series from 1957 to 1961. Five locomotives have been preserved in working order, including the 01 150, which is probably the best-known representative of its class.

Model:

·         Model made of die-cast zinc, brass and stainless steel,

·         High efficiency Bühler motor

·         High-performance digital decoder with HDKM-16 sound module and wideband loudspeaker

·         Dynamic Smoke with cylinder steam and steam whistle of the latest generation with approx. 40 minutes running time per filling

·         Reversing mechanism controlled by servo-electronic

·         Running board lights, cab lighting, firebox lighting

·         Head lights changing in direction of travel, warm light LED's

·         Red train tail lighting switchable at tender

·         Robust cardan drive with rolling and ball bearing mounted gear

·         Drive and axles ball bearing mounted and spring loaded

·         Stainless steel wheel tires

·         Wheel spiders with elliptically profiled spokes on both sides

·         Spring loaded buffers

·         Movable water tank covers, movable spring-loaded cab doors

·         Functioning sash locks and opening smoke box doors

·         Lubrication pump drive, detailed engineer's cab

·         Screw couplers interchangeable with functional couplers

·         Prototypical paint scheme and lettering

·         Kinematics between locomotive and tender for prototypically close coupling distance

·         Minimum radius 1020mm, length approx. 74.8 cm, weight approx. 6.5 kg