Trix German Diesel Locomotive Class 218 Pressnitz Valley Railroad (Sound)  
    

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Prototype: Railroad Construction and Operating Company Pressnitz Valley Railroad, LLC (PRESS) general-purpose locomotive, road number 218 054-3 (former 218 448-9). Diesel hydraulic locomotive with roof version to accommodate the MTU 12V 956 TB 11 motor. With parallel exhaust hoods and a Behr cooling system in a "V" shape. The locomotive looks as it did from December of 2020.

Highlights

• Digital sound with many functions

The locomotive has tooling changes and a new version of the roof to represent correctly the road number 218 499-2 with a TB 11 motor and Behr cooling equipment in a "V" shape. It also has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with mfx and DCC. The motor includes a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. The cabs have lighting. All of the lighting can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel in analog operation. The locomotive has separately applied grab irons.
Length over the buffers 102 mm / 4".

	DCC	SX2	SX	MFX
Headlight(s)	*			*
High Pitch Horn	*			*
Diesel locomotive op. sounds	*			*
Engineer's cab lighting	*			*
Direct control	*			*
Sound of squealing brakes off	*			*
Rear Headlights off	*			*
Low Pitch Horn	*			*
Front Headlights off	*			*
Station Announcements	*			*
Conductor's Whistle	*			*
Brake Compressor	*			*
Blower motors	*			*
Letting off Air	*			*
Horn	*			*
Special sound function	*			*
Long distance headlights	*			*
Doors Closing	*			*
Special sound function	*			*
Replenishing fuel	*			*
Special sound function	*			*
Sanding	*			*
Doors Closing	*			*
Station Announcements	*			*
Train announcement	*			*
Train announcement	*			*