HO Scale Steam Locomotives

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 44 heavy steam freight locomotive, with a type 2´2´T34 standard design coal tender. Black/red basic paint scheme. Standard design Witte smoke deflectors, pilot truck wheel set with spoked wheels, without smoke box central locking, with an inductive magnet on one side. Road number 44 1374. The locomotive looks as it did around 1962/63.

The locomotive has a 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 the coal tender are constructed mostly of metal. The 7226 smoke unit can be installed in the locomotive. The triple headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the smoke unit that can be installed in the locomotive will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting, firebox flickering, and flickering at the ash pan can also be controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. There is a close coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. There is a close coupler with an NEM pocket and a guide mechanism on the tender and on the front of the locomotive. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Protective sleeves for the piston rods, brake hoses, and imitation couplers are included as detail parts. Length over the buffers 26 cm / 10-1/4".

Highlights

  • Version with a coal tender, based on the new tooling for the class 44 steam locomotive.
  • Digital decoder and a variety of operation and sound functions included.
  • Cab lighting, firebox flickering, and flickering at the ash pan can also be controlled digitally.
  • Partially open bar frame with a mostly clear view between the running gear and the boiler.
  • High-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler.
  • Ideal steam locomotive for unit trains.

Four-axle standard design tank cars to go with this locomotive for making long unit trains can be found under item number 00727 as a 12-car display with different car numbers in the Märklin H0 assortment with information about the required DC wheelsets.

This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 39881.

Features

  • Era III
  • DCC decoder
  • Digital decoder with up to 32 digitally controlled functions. The quantity depends on the controller being used.
  • Sound effects circuit
  • Triple headlights and one white marker light that change over with the direction of travel
  • Metal locomotive frame and body
  • Märklin close couplers in standard pocket with guide mechanism.

We fully test & inspect every locomotive before it ships to you.
release
2020 New Item
scale
HO
category
Steam Locomotives
era
Era III (1945-1970)
Nationality
Germany
Railway
DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn)
Availability
No longer available from the manufacturer
our product code
T22980
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