Product Features and Details
MODEL DETAILS
Boiler, driver's cab and tender as finely detailed
Plastic components made
Openwork bar frame and spoked wheels made of die-cast zinc
Sound decoder installed or prepared for installation
Driver's cab illuminated
Period-appropriate lighting
Standard shaft at the rear, guided by the backdrop
Close coupling between locomotive and tender
True-to-original replica of the back wall of the standing kettle
Individually scheduled climbs and steps
Drive in the tender for optimal driving characteristics
Single axle bearing in metal
True-to-scale wheelbase
Filigree driving and coupling rods made of metal
Note on the minimum radius of the BR 01: The BR 01 steam locomotive models are technically suitable for operation with a minimum radius of R 360 mm. For optimal driving characteristics, we recommend use from R 420 mm.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROLE MODEL
Before the BR 01 series gained its reputation as “the” German express locomotive, the companies Borsig (01 001-008) and AEG (01 009-010) delivered a total of ten pre-series locomotives to the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG). It started with 01 008, which is still preserved today and was handed over to the DRG on January 10, 1926. However, the locomotives were ahead of their time back then, as many routes and depots were not yet prepared for an axle load of 20 tons. The operational routes were therefore still very limited in the first few years of operation. This caused the testing of the new locomotives to take longer. The most noticeable difference to the later series locomotives was that the first ten 01s had a visibly longer driver's cab. There were also differences in the structural design of the frame and many other details.
