TRIX 25020

Prototype: Express steam locomotive, road number 18 201, with oil main firing and an auxiliary tender. Former locomotive of the German State Railroad of the GDR (DR/GDR), which was built as an experimental locomotive of the VES-M Halle, Germany (Saale) (Railroad Research and Development Locomotive Management Department) from parts of road numbers 61 002 and H45 024. The locomotive looks as it did around 2017, as it was used pulling special trains.

Highlights

• Completely new tooling.
• Especially intricate metal construction.
• A variety of separately applied details.
• Factory-installed smoke unit and dynamic smoke exhaust that varies with the locomotive speed included.
• Cab lighting and the running gear lights can be controlled separately in digital operation.
• Operating, current-conducting close couplers on the tender and auxiliary tender.
• Buffer height on the locomotive and tender adheres to the NEM.
• DCC, mfx, and RailCom capable.

Model: The locomotive has a digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler. 3 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and tender are constructed mostly of metal. There is a factory-installed smoke generator in the locomotive. It has dynamic smoke exhaust that varies with the locomotive speed and is digitally controlled. The triple headlights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. There are also dual red lamps on the front of the locomotive, which can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting and the running gear lights can be controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. There is an adjustable close coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. There is a close coupler with an NEM pocket and a current-conducting guide mechanism on the tender for controlling headlights and marker lights on the auxiliary tender. The buffer height on the locomotive and tender adhere to the NEM. The auxiliary tender has operating, current-conducting close couplers at both ends. The lighting at the end of the tender can be selected by using a toggle switch on the floor of the tender. This lighting can be controlled digitally using the decoder for the locomotive. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Streamlining without wheel cutouts below the cab is included for installation for large radius curves or display cases. Piston rod protection sleeves and heating and brake hoses are also included.
Total length over the buffers approximately 40.8 cm / 16-1/16".