Product Features and Details
*THIS ITEM IS 2ND HAND AND SOLD AS IS*
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 403 electric express powered rail car, 1st class. 4-part unit. 1 class 403 001-1 powered end car, type Avum, with compartments. 1 class 404 101-8 intermediate car, type ARum, with a galley, dining area, and open seating area. 1 class 404 001-0 open seating intermediate car, type Apum. 1 class 403 002-9 powered end car, type Avum, with compartments. InterCity paint scheme of "gravel gray" and black brown. The train looks as it did in 1973.
Model: The model is a 4-part unit. The model has an mfx digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has 2 controlled high-efficiency propulsion drives, each with a flywheel, in the open seating intermediate car. Both axles in both trucks are each powered by a motor. Traction tires. The model has factory-installed interior lighting, cab lighting, and lighted table lamps. The triple headlights and red marker lights change over with the direction of travel. They, the interior lighting, and the cab lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The lighted table lamps can be controlled separately in digital operation; they change between on and off by means of a random generator. The lighting is maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs. The model has special multiple-conductor current-conducting couplings with guide mechanisms between the cars. The model has a power pickup changeover feature with power picked up in the end car at the front of the train. The model has many separately applied details. The roof equipment is finely detailed. The pantographs work mechanically but are not wired to take power. There is a reproduction of a Scharfenberg coupler (non-working) at both ends of the model. Minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Train length over the couplers 118 cm / 46".
