Product Features and Details
Locomotive and tender frame and body constructed of mostly metal. The locomotive can be operated with AC power, Marklin Delta, Marklin Digital, or Marklin Systems. Drive on five axles. The triple headlights are maintenance-free, white LEDs that change with direction of travel. Minimum radius for operation 40-5/32".
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 41 steam locomotive with a new design high-efficiency boiler and a type 2´2´T34 oil tender as the locomotive and tender looked in Era III.
Highlights
- Completely new tooling.
- Highly detailed full metal construction.
- Frame superstructures, boiler, etc. constructed of die-cast zinc.
- A smoke generator with smoke exhaust and cylinder steam synchronized with the wheels, and a steam whistle included.
- Operating sounds synchronized with the wheels and controlled by the load.
- Smoke box door and dome covers with many original details, can be opened.
- Headlights with a light color correct for the era and warm white LEDs.
- Two-color fire box flickering light.
- Running gear lights included.
- Engine cab lighting included. mfx decoder for operation with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, or DCC.
- Valve gear switchover in 3 steps (forward, reverse, continuous operation) with a servo motor.
- Tender includes a remote-controlled Telex coupler.
Marklin 55440 Instructions: You can download the Instruction Manual for Marklin 55440 as a .pdf file, at the "instructions" tab above.
