Product Features and Details
Locomotive History : With the beginning of the 1930s, the mighty steam locomotives of the 241 A series appeared on the rails of France. In the "golden" periods of travel before the Second World War, they carried heavy express trains between Paris and the Atlantic ports of Cherbourg and Le Havre as well as between Paris and Basel. There, too, the famous Orient-Express was one of their tasks. After the end of the war they traveled mainly between Paris and Strasbourg as well as Paris and Basel until 1965. The 241 A 1 remained in the Mulhouse railway museum and the 241 A 65 was the largest operable steam locomotive in Europe in Switzerland.
Locomotive Model: With digital decoder mfx + and extensive lighting and sound functions. Controlled high-performance drive with flywheel in boiler. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. Locomotive and tender largely made of metal. Smoke set from 72270 is installed as standard. Depending on the direction of travel, changing trilateral peak signals to the locomotive and tender as well as built-in smoking set can be operated in a conventional manner, digitally switchable. In addition, driver's lighting and landing gear lighting can be switched digitally. Lighting with maintenance-free warm-white light-emitting diodes (LED). Adjustable clutch with kinematics between locomotive and tender. Tender kinematic-guided short coupling with NEM shaft. Drivable minimum radius 437.5 mm. Brake hoses, heating coupling and screw coupling simulations as well as a sliding image set with sponsor logo are included. Length over buffer 300mm
Locomotive Highlights:
- Currently the strongest operational steam locomotive in Europe.
- Locomotive is located in Depot Full-Reuenthal in Switzerland.
- Complete new construction, with perforated bar frame and many attached details.
- Driver's lighting and landing gear lighting can be digitally switched.
- Fitted with a smoke fitting.
- With the world-decoder mfx + and comprehensive lighting and sound functions.
Coach Set Includes: one dining car, three sleeping cars & 2 Baggage Cars
Model Features:
- Filigree etched CIWL logos and train signs
- multi-colored detailed interior fittings
- Table lamps made of brass
- Expensive printing and varnishing
- detailed chassis and roof structures
- Interior lighting for sleeping cars both for the gangway and compartment side as well as for dining trolleys already installed on the shop floor (3-axle car with power consumption for interior lighting prepared)
- Indoor lighting with buffer memory and soldering interface for decoders
- Minimum radius 250 mm. AC and DC version
- NEM coupling with KKK for minimum buffer spacing when using a short coupling.
- LiP: 3-axle trolley 143 mm / 4-axle trolley 233 mm
History: The Vienna-Nice-Cannes-Express was a luxury train of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. From 1896 to 1939. This consist traveled between Vienna and the French-Italian Riviera, partly from Saint Petersburg. Due to its popularity with the Russian and Habsburger Hochadel he train received the nickname "Train of the Grand-Duc" before 1914. The CIWL introduced the train for the first time in the winter of 1896/97 to satisfy the demand of the European upper class, whose most important holiday destination was in the winter time the Riviera, outside of France and Great Britain.
Like all CIWL luxury trains, the Vienna-Nice-Cannes-Express consisted solely of sleeping, dining and luggage cars. By 1914 these were the usual teak-wagons of the CIWL. In the model the complete 7-piece train with one class 241 locomotive, two luggage- three sleeping- and a dining car is realized. The targets of the sleeping car are authentically different. The sleeping and dining cars have interior lighting and outside as well as inside with numerous details and attachments.
