LENZ 40235.01

BR 38 / P8 - the prototype

The passenger train locomotive, introduced as the Prussian P8 of the class 35.17, later became the 38.10-40 and is the prototype for the gauge 0 model. After superheated steam engines had already proven to be easy to maintain and powerful in the G 8, the P 8 with its economical superheated steam twin engine represented a design milestone in the construction of passenger train locomotives. With a wheelbase (incl. tender 2'2'T 21.5) of less than 16 meters, the P 8 also fit on small turntables. In contrast to its predecessor, the P 6, the P 8 ran forwards at 100 km/h and backwards at 50 km/h, and in later push-pull train traffic at the DB with a tub tender and closed driver's cab even 85 km/h backwards.

BR 38 / P8 - the model

This locomotive model also impresses with its rich equipment and - like all Lenz locomotives - with the detailed representation true to the original. In addition to the standard equipment:

• Decoder with USP and energy storage as well as numerous functions and sound already integrated
• prototypical locomotive-tender spacing (please be sure to read the instructions attached to the model!)
• Noiseless motor control enables smooth, jerk-free running and particularly good low-speed driving characteristics
• The speed of the motor is determined by an angle magnetic sensor mounted on the motor axis
• The lamps are equipped with maintenance-free LEDs
• In digital mode, the headlights can be switched on and off separately at the front and rear, and the brightness can be adjusted separately from other lighting
• The driver's cab lighting can be switched separately from the headlights, and the brightness can be adjusted separately from other lights
• The shunting gear reduces the speed of the locomotive by about half, so shunting movements can be carried out particularly sensitively; Manoeuvring light means that both the front and rear (white) lamps are switched on regardless of the direction of travel
  
   

The Lenz locomotive-tender coupling

With this coupling mimic, the radius R1 (914 mm) can also be driven with the prototypical distance between locomotive and tender. This video (using the example of the BR 50) shows how locomotive and tender are connected and separated.