Tank Locomotive.
| Article No. | 12404 |
|---|---|
| Gauge | Minitrix |
| Era | III |
| Kind | Steam Locomotives |
Product description
Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for DCC, Selectrix, Trix Systems, and conventional operation. It also has a 5-pole motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. The locomotive body is constructed of die-cast metal. The headlights change over with the direction of travel, will work in analog operation, and can be controlled digitally. Length over the buffers 64.0 mm / 2-1/2".
Publications
- New Items 2009 - Main Catalog 2009/2010 - Main Catalog 2010/2011Prototype information
BB II – The "Sugar Susie". The locomotive builder Maffei delivered 29 class BB II locomotives from 1899 to 1903 Royal Bavarian State Railways (K.Bay.Sts.B.). These units were wet steam "Mallet" design locomotives with a maximum speed of 45 km/h / 28 mph. The assigned area for these little locomotives (10,010 mm / 32 feet 10 inches) were branch lines with many sharp radius curves. In 1908, another 2 units were added, which were somewhat longer. The German State Railroad Company (DRG) designated the BB II as the class 98.7 in their motive roster but soon decided to retire most of the locomotives due to insufficient performance. Many of these locomotives had a second life as industrial locomotives, such as road number 98 727, which was sold in 1943 to the sugar refiner Südzucker AG and which gave valuable service at the company's plant in Regensburg as plant locomotive no. 4. There it acquired the nickname "Zuckersusi" / "Sugar Susie", and it steamed its way into the hearts of the employees, surely a reason why it was not scrapped in 1972 and remains preserved as a museum locomotive to this day.