- PIKO Item Number: 52731
- EAN: 4015615527312
- type of current: Marklin AC
- railway administration: DB
- era: IV
- kind of measurement: LüP / Länge über Puffer
- measurement: 321
- minimum radius: 358
- digital interface: NEM 658 PluX22
- Verbauter Decoder: PluX22
- Interior Lighting / Lights: Schaltbare Innenbeleuchtung werkseitig ausgerüstet
- Sound: PIKO Sound-Decoder nachrüstbar #56370
- Coupling: NEM Pocket and Close Coupling
- directional lights: Fahrtrichtungsabhängiger Lichtwechsel weiß / rot
- Special Features: Illuminated side train destination display
- Estimated delivery date: End of August 2019
Translated Description from PIKO: Novelty 2019 diesel railcar BR 798 DB ep. IV without train destination indicator. The AC model is already equipped ex works with a suitable PluX22 decoder. Because the VT95 single-engine rail buses did not work everywhere as both solo and sidecar vehicles? the DB develop 1953 the twin-engined VT98 series, especially for steep sections. In order to use this vehicle as universally as possible, its use was provided with control car and multiple control. Equipped with regular pull and push devices (screw couplings and spring buffers), the new diesel railcar could also transport individual goods wagons. From 1955 on, the Bundesbahn took over 329 railcars, 310 control cars and 320 sidecars. Their rational, cost-effective operation earned them the title "rescuer of the branch lines". Although DB AG shut down its last VT 98 in May 2000, many VT 98 have survived on private and museum railways to this day.
