Product Features and Details
PluX22
Model details
- New with energy storage (Digital EXTRA Version)
- Tender body, chassis and boiler in die-cast zinc
- Fully mobile tender bogie
- Reproduction of the model-specific tender bogie
- Short coupling between locomotive and tender
- 5-pole skew-wound motor with 2 flywheel drives
- True-to-scale reproduction of the underframe
- Finest metal spoke wheels
- True-to-scale lenght over buffer
- True-to-original reproduction of the boiler back wall
- Driver´s cab lighting (possibility to switch on and off with digital system)
- Numerous metal add-on parts
- Replicated rivets and hatches
- Filigree reversing gear
Prototype:
Even on the inaugural runs, it was evident that the new locomotive not only fulfilled, but also surpassed all expectations. Even when operating at high speeds, it demonstrated low-noise running properties and the boiler always delivered plenty of steam to the balanced fourcylinder engine. In July 1907, the locomotive set a new speed record of 154.4 km/h on a test run between Munich and Augsburg. It was the fastest steam locomotive of its era on the entire European continent. When it was commissioned and completed its sensational record runs in 1906, the S2/6 wore an elegant grey coat of paint. The boiler was clad with a “polished Russian iron jacket”.
