DB BR043 Long Henry Steam Locomotive IV (~AC-Sound)

Prototype

German Federal Railroad (DB) class 043 heavy steam freight locomotive with a standard design 2´2´T34 oil tender. Black / red basic paint scheme. Driver's cab with two side windows, with Witte smoke deflectors of the standard version, forward wheel set with spoked wheels, without smoke chamber central lock, with Indusi magnets on both sides. Locomotive road number 043 087-6. The car looks as it did around 1971.

It was quite an impressive spectacle when two heavy freight steam locomotives of the 44 oil series (from 1968: 043) in double traction drove the ore trains "Langer Heinrich" with up to 4,000 tons and up to 80 km / h from Emden Ruhr area or Saarland. This use of the oil-fired machines was for many years the high point of heavy freight traffic at the DB and can now also be reproduced on the model railroad. Starting in 1955, the DB had equipped a total of 32 class 44 locomotives with a main oil firing system, which resulted in an increase in output of around 190 PSi. Until the end of steam traction at the DB in October 1977, the last 043s were in use at the Rheine and Emden depots.

Model

The locomotive has an mfx + digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and oil tender are largely made of metal. Set up for smoke generator 7226. The triple headlights change over with the direction of travel and the smoke generator can be retrofitted, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. Cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. Lighting with maintenance-free warm white light-emitting diodes (LED). Close coupling with kinematics between the locomotive and tender. At the back of the tender and at the front of the locomotive, kinematically guided close coupling with NEM shaft. Minimum radius of 360 mm that can be driven on. Piston rod protection tubes, brake hoses and imitation screw couplings are included.

Features

• Locomotive with mfx / DCC decoder
• Sound Module Installed
• Particularly filigree metal construction
• With mfx + digital decoder and a wide range of operating and sound functions
• Open bar frame with a largely unobstructed view between the chassis and the boiler
• High-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler
• The ideal freight steam locomotive for block trains with "Erz IIId" hopper cars

The matching four-axle self-unloading wagons of type Fad 155 "Erz IIId" for transporting iron ore can be found under item number MN46213 as a set with 12 different car numbers in the Märklin H0 assortment.

Another 6 cars with different car numbers can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number M24150, with details of the AC wheel sets required.

This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number M22986.

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