Marklin 26621 Track Lay. Train Set, Kof III
Since January 1, 2020, several firms responsible for track laying have been operating under the name DB Railroad Construction Group, Inc. This enterprise is a one hundred percent subsidiary of the German Railroad, Inc. Its area of activity encompasses all services involving the railroad infrastructure. This includes planning, construction, and chiefly maintenance of the railroad infrastructure. Over 3,000 employees are active across Germany at 40 locations. In addition, the Railroad Construction Group also maintains a roster of 400 powered units. They consist in part of former powered rail cars of the German Railroad, which were taken over after being retired. Class 218 units are also in use for the DB Railroad Construction Group. Smaller activities are handled competently by the class 335 small locomotives. These units, also known as Kof III, thereby have a new and varied area of activity. The good old three-axle Rebuild cars have been converted into rolling workshops so that particular tasks can also be handled underway out in the field. They are particularly striking with their light bright yellow paint scheme and together with other former cars from DB Cargo they bring variety and operating fun to your layout. Here the switching maneuvers always necessary in construction site work provide a lot of enjoyment.
Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG), DB Track Laying Group. Class 335 (Kof III) small diesel locomotive. Version with an enclosed cab. Gold yellow basic paint scheme. 1 type Res 687 stake car, 1 type Fcs 092 side dump hopper car, 1 workshop car. Locomotive road number 335 220-0. The train looks as it did around 2016.
Model: The small diesel locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion. Both axles powered. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The headlights at Locomotive Ends 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. When the headlights are off at both ends, there is the double A light function. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The locomotive has a new Telex coupler at both ends, which can be controlled separately in digital operation. A coupler maneuver can also be activated. There are separately applied metal grab irons. The stake car has aluminum side walls, stakes that can be folded over, and it is loaded with ballast. The side dump hopper car is intricately constructed with many separately applied details. The workshop car is based on the type BD3yg (Rebuild car). Total length over the buffers approximately 59 cm / 23-1/4.
