Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) class 18.5 express locomotive. 4-6-2 design, built starting in 1923. Use: Heavy express trains.
Article No. | 12365 |
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Gauge / Design type | Minitrix / |
Era | II |
Kind | Steam Locomotives |
Model: The locomotive and tender are constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a powerful can motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel. The motor and the gear drive are built into the locomotive. 3 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive has a digital decoder for DCC, Selectrix, and conventional operation built into the tender as are the sound circuit and the speaker. The headlights change over with the direction of travel and can be controlled digitally. There is a close coupling between the locomotive and the tender.
Length over the buffers 134 mm / 5-1/4".
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The class S 3/6 locomotive was an extremely successful design that also gave excellent results beyond Bavaria. For that reason the German State Railroad Company ordered additional locomotives in the years 1923 to 1930 from Maffei and Henschel. A striking feature was the engineer's cab that no longer had a streamlined arrow shape to it; it now had a straight front. Along with the now longer looking boiler, this cab gave the locomotive a totally different look. Different modifications allowed the performance to be increased slightly. The locomotive, now designated as the class 18.5, proved to be the ideal motive power for premium long distance service. In particular, there was a preference to use the class 18.5 locomotives as motive power for the "Rheingold".
DCC | SX2 | SX | MFX | |
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Headlight(s) | ||||
Steam locomotive op. sounds | ||||
Locomotive whistle | ||||
Air Pump | ||||
Whistle for switching maneuver |