Class 52 Steam Locomotive

Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) class 52 heavy freight locomotive with a type 2´2´T30 tub-style tender. Witte smoke deflectors. The pilot truck wheelset includes spoked wheels. Locomotive road number 52 3810. The locomotive looks as it did in the Mid-Fifties.

Highlights

• Buffer height on the front adheres to the NEM and the coupler is flat.
• World of Operation mfx+ digital decoder and numerous operation and sound functions included.
• Intricate running gear with mostly open view between the running gear and the boiler.
• High-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, in the boiler.

Product description

Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, in the boiler. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and the tub-style tender are constructed mostly of metal. A 7226 smoke unit can be installed in the locomotive. Dual headlights, which change over with the direction of travel, and the smoke unit, which can be installed, will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. 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 in an NEM pocket on the rear of the tender and the front of the locomotive. Also, the buffer height on the front adheres to the NEM. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Protective piston rod sleeves, brake hoses, and imitation prototype couplers are included.
Length over the buffers 26.4 cm / 10-3/8".

A freight car set to go with this locomotive can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 46564.

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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