Product Features and Details
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 38.10-40 steam locomotive with a tender. Former Prussian P8. Boiler with 2 domes and Wagner smoke deflectors. Four-axle box-style tender. 2 type Gllmghs 37 Leig Unit pairs of cars. Version from around 1956.
Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and a sound effects generator. The powerful motor has a bell-shaped armature and is built into the boiler. 3 axles powered. Traction tires. A 72270 smoke generator can be installed in the locomotive. The headlights are maintenance-free, warm white LED's. The headlights and the smoke generator contact will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. There is a close coupling between the locomotive and tender. The locomotive has a detailed engineer's cab. Brake hoses, prototypical couplers and protective cylinder rod sleeves can be installed on the locomotive. The train includes 2 pairs of "Leig Unit" freight cars. Both cars are permanently coupled together and are connected by a diaphragm. The cars are well detailed and with large lettering for "Stückgut Schnellverkehr / Less-than-Carload-Lot Service". Total length over the buffers 75.0 cm / 29-1/2".
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| Steam locomotive op. sounds |
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| Locomotive whistle |
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| Sound of squealing brakes off |
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| Letting off Steam |
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| Sound of coal being shoveled |
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Highlights:
- Can motor with a bell-shaped armature, in the boiler.
- Detailed steam locomotive sound.
- "Leig Unit" pair of cars as new tooling.
The increase in freight traffic by road caused the German State Railroad Company to accelerate freight service and to make it more attractive. This was achieved by the introduction of "lightweight freight trains" for less-than-carload-lot service. "Leig Units" usually consisted of two 2-axle boxcars that were connected by a diaphragm. The advantage to this was the sorting of freight in route. The German Federal Railroad could not do without these fast freight trains and even purchased new double cars authorized for a maximum speed of 100 km/h / 63 mph. These well known freight trains with their striking lettering "Stückgut-Schnellverkehr" did not disappear until 1978.
