Product Features and Details
The Model:
Super-detailling, -livery and -lettering. Inset windows. Operational Heusinger valve gear. Brake shoes between the wheels. Cast metal chassis. Motor with flywheel. Drive on all 6 driving wheels with 2 traction tyres. Current pick-up on all wheels. Double headlights at each end. Automatic couplings at each end. Slot-guide mechanism at each end for true close coupling by using the PROFI-coupling 9545 (delivered with standard couplings). Standard NEM 355 coupling socket. Epoch III.
Based on: With their top speed of 100 km/h, the class 62 (first built in 1928) were in the front line for use hauling express and passenger trains over short distances, although designed for light expresses in hilly areas. After the second World War, seven engines remained with the DB and eight on the DR. All of the federal railway locos which were stationed in depots in Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Krefeld, were gradually removed from service up until 1956. Just one engine, the "training loco" 62 003, remained in service in AW Schwerte. The last DR engines were in use up until 1970 based at the Frankfurt/Oder depot. Unfortunately, the loco from the Dresden museum 62 015, is not available for service any more due to boiler problems. However, a reconstruction of this elegant loco by the DB AG is still in question.
