Product Features and Details
Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) class 1018.0 electric locomotive in the so-called blood orange "Jaffa" paint scheme. Rebuilt version corresponding to the ÖBB standardization of this class starting in 1966. The locomotive looks as it did around 1984.
Model: The locomotive has a DCC decoder and a controllable locomotive whistle sound. It also has controlled high efficiency propulsion. 2 axles powered. Traction tires. The triple headlights and 1 red marker light change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The headlights are the so-called "Stielaugen" or "Telescope Eyes" headlights. The headlights are maintenance-free, warm white LEDs and the marker lights are maintenance-free LEDs. The engineer's cabs and engine room have interior details. The body has numerous separately applied details. The locomotive has prototypical double-arm pantographs. It also has a finely detailed frame with a prototypical reproduction of the quill type driving wheels. The buffers are metal, separately applied, and come in both a convex and a flat version. Length over the buffers 19.5 cm / 7-11/16".
The class 1018.0 is the right locomotive to go with the 23455 passenger car set that is also coming out in 2011.
This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin H0 assortment under item no. 37683.
