Product Features and Details
Diesel locomotive 218 435 of the Deutsche Bahn. - bwegt logos enclosed as decals - Roof design features long engine cover for an MTU 4000 engine - Operating condition as of 2021 with new LED lighting: Tail light on the outer headlight positions - Separately applied plug-in parts, in part using etching technology - With switchable high beam and individually switchable headlight or tail light in digital mode - Model has prototypical low wheel flanges - Wheelsets with 1.2 mm high wheel flanges available as spare parts (Art. no. 145433, 145435) - Z21 driver''s cab available From 1971, the German Federal Railway put 398 class 218 series locomotives into service and used them to pull both passenger and freight trains. They are usually operated on non-electrified lines. The locomotives are currently still in service at the Ulm, Kempten and Mühldorf am Inn locations, and are regularly swapped between these points.
