Class 086 Steam Locomotive

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 086 steam tank locomotive. Black basic paint scheme with red running gear. Version with 4 boiler domes. Welded water tanks with long cutouts over the cylinders and rounded edges. Triple headlights with DB reflex glass lamps. Bell and turbo dynamo on the left, smoke box door without central locking and with a number board centrally mounted, without inductive magnet. Road number 086 795-2. Stationed at Nuremberg District, Nuremberg classification yard (Rbf) locomotive depot. The loco looks as it did around 1969/70.

Highlights

• Intricate design made largely of metal.
• Welded water tanks with long cutouts.
• Triple headlights with DB reflex glass lamps.
• Cab lighting can be controlled separately in digital operation.
• The front and rear Telex couplers can be controlled separately in digital operation.
• Uncoupling maneuver.
• Factory-installed smoke unit.
• World of Operation mfx+ digital decoder with extensive light and sound functions.
• A buffer capacitor to bridge short unpowered sections of track is fitted.
• The buffer height conforms to NEM specifications.

Product description

Model: The loco has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions. It also has a controlled high-performance motor with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. Four axles are powered. Traction tires are fitted.
The loco is constructed mostly of metal. The loco has a factory-installed smoke unit. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change ends with the direction of travel. They and the smoke unit will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. There is a double “A” light. The cab lighting is also digitally controllable. Maintenance-free, warm-white, and red LEDs are used for the lighting. A buffer capacitor is fitted. There is a Telex coupler at each end of the locomotive, and each coupler can be controlled separately in digital operation. The couplers are programmed for an uncoupling maneuver. The model has numerous separately applied metal grab irons and pipes. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Protective piston sleeves, brake hoses, heating lines, imitation screw couplers, as well as a locomotive engineer and fireman, are included separately. Length over the buffers 16.0 cm / 6-5/16".

A matching stake car set with a cargo of steel pipes and a caboose is available as item 46569. The train can be lengthened with another stake car set with a cargo of steel pipes, which is available as item 46563.

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