Product Features and Details
Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) class 96 heavy freight locomotive. Former Bavarian Gt 2x4/4. 0-8-8-0T wheel arrangement (Mallet design). Built starting in 1922. Use: Freight trains and pusher service on steep grades.
Model: Era II. The frame and body are die-cast metal. The locomotive has a DCC decoder with a sound effects generator. It also has a 5-pole motor. 4 axles powered. 4 traction tires. The locomotive has an articulated frame to enable it to negotiate sharp curves. The headlights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Steam locomotive operating sounds, the acceleration and braking delay as well as several other operating sounds (whistle blasts 1 and 2, coal being shoveled, air compressor, brakes, injectors, steam being let off, and steam chest sounds) can be controlled digitally in the DCC format. The locomotive has NEM coupler pockets with guide mechanisms for close couplers. Length over the buffers 203 mm / 8".
The 22053 and 22054 models have different road numbers.
