Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) class C 5/6 "Elephant" Gotthard steam locomotive, with a 3-axle tender, for use in freight and express train service on the Gotthard route. Version as it looked as a memorial locomotive in front of the SLM production plant in Winterthur. Locomotive road number 2969. The locomotive looks as it did in Era IV/V.
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. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and tender are constructed chiefly of metal. The locomotive has a factory-installed 72270 smoke unit. The triple headlights on the locomotive and 2 lights on the tender change over with the direction of travel. They and the built-in smoke unit will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. There is an adjustable coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. The front of the locomotive has an NEM pocket and a close coupler. The rear of the tender has an NEM pocket, a close coupler, and a guide mechanism. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Piston rod protection sleeves and imitation prototype couplers are included.
Length over the buffers 22.3 cm / 8-3/4".
A DC model of this locomotive can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 25254.
