Product Features and Details
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 66 passenger tank locomotive. Road number 66 002. The locomotive looks as it did in the mid-Sixties. Based at the railroad maintenance facility in Giessen.
Model: The locomotive has a 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 powered using side rods. Traction tires. The locomotive is constructed mostly of metal. There is a factory-installed smoke generator with speed-dependent dynamic smoke exhaust. There are triple headlights and dual red marker lights that change over with the direction of travel and that can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. A buffer capacitor is included. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Protective sleeves for the piston rods, brake hoses, heating lines, and prototype coupler imitations are included separately. Length over the buffers approximately 17 cm / 6-11/16".
Highlights:
- Completely new tooling
- Buffer capacitor included to bridge over short areas of track without current
- Factory-installed smoke generator with speed-dependent dynamic smoke exhaust
- Triple headlights and dual red marker lights that change over with the direction of travel
- Cab lighting can be controlled digitally
- Especially intricate metal construction
- A variety of separately applied details
- Buffer height conforms to the NEM
- RailCom capable DCC/mfx digital decoder
