Product Features and Details
Prototype: Royal Prussian Railroad Administration (KPEV) class P8. Version with dual headlights, gas lights, two boiler appliances (steam dome – sand box), rod buffers, standard Prussian cab, without smoke deflectors, and with a box-style tender without an extension. Road number 2424. The locomotive looks as it did around 1915.
Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. One axle powered, two axles driven using side rods. Traction tires. The locomotive and tender are constructed mostly of metal. Dual headlights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The smoke unit contact will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The 72270 smoke unit can be installed in the locomotive. The flickering of the fire can be controlled digitally. In addition, the cab lighting can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. There is a current-conducting close coupler on the tender that can be controlled digitally. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Protective piston rod sleeves, brake hoses, and prototype couplers are included. Length over the buffers approximately 21.3 cm / 8-3/8".
Highlights
- Prototypical tooling changes for the version as an Era I model.
- Especially intricate metal construction.
- Cab lighting can be controlled.
- Flickering of the fire can be controlled.
- Current-conducting close coupler on the tender.
- mfx+ digital decoder and numerous operation and sound functions included.
