Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 85 heavy tank locomotive, Era III. The last version of the class 85 with Witte smoke deflectors and the designation with the classic framed DB logo.
Article No. | 37096 |
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Gauge / Design type | H0 / 1:87 |
Era | III |
Kind | Steam Locomotives |
Model: This locomotive comes with an mfx digital decoder and controlled high-efficiency propulsion. 5 axles powered. 4 traction tires. Ready for installation of the 7226 smoke generator. Numerous separately applied details. Metal coal bunker ladders. Triple headlights, which change over with the direction of travel. The headlights as well as the 7226 smoke generator, which can be installed on the locomotive, will work in conventional operation (on all the time) and can be controlled digitally. The acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally.
Length over the buffers 18.6 cm / 7-5/16".
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The Specialist for Steep Grades - Originally, the 10 units of the class 85 three-cylinder, heavy tank locomotive placed into service were built for the Höllentalbahn (Hell"s Valley Railroad) in the Black Forest. This line was initially run with expensive and time-consuming rack railroad technology. The massive class 85 locomotives were able to negotiate this difficult line with the more economical adhesion operation. They gave excellent results there up to the conversion to electric motive power. Afterwards a number of these athletic units took up service on other steeply graded routes in Germany such as Erkrath-Hochdahl.