Product Features and Details
*THIS ITEM IS 2ND HAND AND SOLD AS IS*
Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) class SVT 137 express powered rail car. Two-unit "Hamburg" design, B-4-B wheel arrangement with Jacobs truck. Built in 1935.
Use: Long distance service.
Model: Era II, diecast metal body. Unit comes with a built-in DCC decoder and sound effects circuit in an 8-pole NEM digital connector. Conventional operation by means of the diode plugs included with the train. High-efficiency motor with bell-shaped armature and a flywheel in the Jacobs truck. 2 axles powered. 4 traction tires. Headlights, marker lights and interior lights are maintenance-free LED's. Headlights and interior lights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Horn as well as acceleration and braking delay can be digitally controlled. Continuous side skirting with sections that swing out over the wheel areas. Guide mechanism with a closed diaphragm between the two halves of the train. Roof has separately applied details. Reproduction of the Scharfenberg coupler (non-working version) at the ends of the train. Length over the couplers 484 mm / 19-1/16".
This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin assortment under item no. 37770.
Highlights:
New tooling
Metal bodies
Motor with bell-shaped armature, with a flywheel DCC decoder with special functions
Sound effects unit with horn
