BR 246 "metronom" | Gauge Minitrix - Article No. 11616

"metronom" Regional Express Train.

Prototype: Metronom Railroad Company, LLC class 246 diesel-electric locomotive. Bombardier TRAXX design platform, built starting in 2007. 3 bi-level passenger cars, 2nd class, 1 bi-level passenger car, 1st and 2nd class, and 1 bi-level passenger car, 1st and 2nd class, with an engineer's control cab. Painted and lettered in the "metronom" design.

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"metronom" Regional Express Train.
"metronom" Regional Express Train.

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Article No. 11616
Gauge / Design type Minitrix /
Era VI
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  • Product description

    Model: Era VI. The locomotive has a digital connector and a 5-pole motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights on the locomotive change over with the direction of travel; the headlights / marker lights on the cab control car change over with the direction of travel. The locomotive and cars have close coupler mechanisms. Total train length 965 mm / 38".

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  • Publications

    - New Items 2010 - Main Catalog 2010/2011
  • Prototype information

    Swinging in Time – "metronom" is the name for ten new bi-level trains from the metronom Railroad Company, LLC with headquarters in Uelzen. These very modern locomotives and cars can be recognized from a distance by their striking, curved design in the colors of yellow, white, and blue. "metronom" has connected the cities of Hamburg and Bremen as well as Hamburg and Uelzen as a regional express railroad since December of 2003. The train name "metronom" along with the logo of the swinging pendulum symbolizes the operations concept of departures on hourly schedules. Musicians know a metronome as a beat generator. For that reason the slogan for "metronom" trains is "Pendeln im Takt" or "Swinging in Time".

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ATTENTION: not for children under 3 years