High-speed steam locomotive 18 201, coil-fired of the German State Railway.
Drive on two axles of the tender and via cardan shaft on all three locomotive driving axles.
Edition model!
Form variation!
Update!
• Prototypical implementation of the design with coal firing
• For the first time with PluX16 interface and LED lighting
• Trim line with triple tip
• Finely-detailed metal wheelsets
• Driver's cab and valve gear lighting switchable in digital mode
• Smoke generator can be retrofitted
The Halle Research Institute needed another high-speed steam locomotive to test new passenger coaches in the 1960s. The new engine 18 201 was created from high-speed tender locomotive 61 002 and parts of high-pressure test locomotive H 25 024. The steam generator was a modified new boiler construction of the 22 class with an extended smoke chamber and Giesl ejector. The machine was equipped with a counter-pressure brake to ensure that the speed was maintained precisely when travelling at high speed. Fast travel meant up to 175 km/h, because the 18 201 was initially approved for this maximum speed - later 180 km/h - but of course only forwards.
General data
- Coupling: NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism at the tender
- Minimum radius: 358 mm
- Flywheel: yes
- Number of driven axles: 5
- Number of axles with traction tyres: 2
- Article number: 7120006
- Scale: H0
- Epoch: III
- Railway Company: DR
Electrical
- Smoke generator Article number (digital): Seuthe steam unit no. 11
- Smoke generator retrofittable: yes
- Head light: Direction dependent triple front headlights and dual rear headlights.
- LED head light: yes
- Interior lighting: Yes, LED, Digital switchable, Driver's cab lighting
- Control: AC
- Interface: Electrical interface for traction units PluX16
- Digital decoder: PluX16
- Sound: yes
Measurements
- Length over buffer: 289 mm
