Class 051 Steam Locomotive with a Cabin Tender

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 051 steam freight locomotive with a cabin tender. Witte smoke deflectors, 4 boiler appliances, shortened running boards, DB Reflex glass lamps and inductive magnets on both sides of the locomotive. Road number 051 341-6. The locomotive looks as it did at the start of the Seventies.

Highlights

• Detailed construction mostly of metal.
• Partially open bar frame and many separately applied details.
• High-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler.
• Digitally controlled cab lighting.
• World of Operation mfx+ digital decoder and extensive operation and sound functions included.

Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ 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 tender are constructed mostly of metal. The 7226 smoke unit can be installed in the locomotive. 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 can be controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free warm white 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 a guide mechanism and an NEM pocket on the rear of the tender and the front of the locomotive. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Piston rod protective sleeves and brake hoses are included.
Length over the buffers 26.5 cm / 10-7/16".

You can find freight cars in the Märklin H0 assortment to go with this class 051 steam freight locomotive.

This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 25830.

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Prototype information

Class 50 Steam Freight Locomotive The class 50 units came out shortly before the beginning of World War II as the last of the "so-called" standard steam locomotives. From April to July of 1939 Henschel built the first twelve units which quickly became the most fortunate design of the German State Railroad (DR). This 2-10-0 unit put out about 1,600 horsepower and had a maximum speed of 80 km/h / 50 mph. It quickly developed into a general-purpose, rugged, and reliable locomotive. The outbreak of war in 1939 increased the demand for freight locomotives dramatically and over the next few years another 3,152 units followed the twelve prototypes. After the end of the war the DB still had more than 2,000 units on its roster that successively were equipped with the small Witte instead of the large Wagner smoke deflectors and most of them lost the running board skirting. The so-called freight train escort cars formed a big problem in the Fifties on freight trains. These cars were not available in sufficient quantities. Finally, the idea came about of installing a cabin for the train crews in 751 tenders of the class 50 units. Two large windows ensured a good view to the rear of the train and the inside of the cabin had space for a wide work board with a table lamp, an upholstered folding seat, two emergency seats, a folding wash basin, a ceiling light, two shelves, steam heating, meal warmers, a water jug, and clothing hooks. Right up to the end of the steam locomotive era in 1977 the class 50 units with or without cabin tenders remained "the" all around steam locomotives pulling freight and passenger trains on main and branch lines.

Digital Functions

* New features of the Central Station 2 (Part No. 60213, 60214 or 60215) with the software update 4.2

** New features of the Mobile Station 2 (Part No. 60657/66955) with the Software Update 3.55