Product Features and Details
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express train for the route Frankfurt (M) Airport – Stuttgart in a special German Lufthansa paint scheme. Class 103 electric locomotive with a type Avmz 106 compartment car and two type Bpmz 296 open seating cars. Both car types have airtight construction. The train looks as it did in the summer of 1991.
Model: The class 103 electric locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion. 3 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has triple headlights and dual red marker lights that will work in conventional operation and that can be controlled digitally. The headlights at Locomotive End 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. When the headlights at both ends are turned off, then the “Double ‚A‘ Light” function is on at both ends. The engine room lighting can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The current-conducting coupler can be controlled digitally. The compartment car and open seating cars have underbody details specific to the car types. The type Avmz 106 has Fiat type Y 0270 S trucks with shock absorbers to reduce “hunting”. The type Bpmz cars have type MD trucks without generators. The cars have structural features of airtight cars such as SIG diaphragms, entry doors, and windows. All of the cars have factory-installed LED interior lighting that can be controlled from the locomotive. One car has built-in marker lights. The cars have operating current-conducting couplers. Total length over the buffers approximately 107 cm / 42-1/8“.
Highlights: • The class 103 includes over 16 functions for the first time. • Current-conducting couplers. • Cab lighting. • Engine room lighting. • World of Operation mfx+ decoder. • Locomotive engineer. • Partially new tooling for the types Avmz and Bpmz. • Types Avmz and Bpmz in the airtight version. • Passenger cars with SIG diaphragms. • All of the cars include factory built-in LED interior lighting that can be controlled digitally from the locomotive. • Current-conducting couplers. • One car includes marker lights.
