Product Features and Details
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) 2-unit diesel powered rail car consisting of a class VT 75.9 motor car and a class VB 140 trailer car, 2nd class. Crimson basic paint scheme. The engineer's areas on the motor car have sunshades and a curved warning horn at both ends. Roof version for the motor car with separately applied roof coolers as well as supply and drain pipes and auxiliary control rods. The motor car and trailer car have older design buffers. Road numbers VT 75 902 and VB 140 042. The cars look as they did around 1959.
Model: The powered rail car has a DCC decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the motor car. Both axles on the motor car are powered. Traction tires. The motor car and trailer car have factory-installed interior lighting. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights on the motor car change over with the direction of travel; they as well as the interior lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The headlights and interior lighting are maintenance-free warm white LEDs. The red marker lights on the motor car can be turned off on End 2 facing the trailer car. As in the prototype, the trailer car has no headlights. There is a current-conducting drawbar coupling with guide mechanisms between the two cars. The cars have interior details. There is a clear view in the motor car and the trailer car. There are separately applied ladders on the motor car. Length over the buffers for the two-car set 28.1 cm / 11-1/16".
This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin H0 assortment under item no. 37705.
