Steam Locomotive with a Tender.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 05 express locomotive. The locomotive looks as road no. 05 003 did from 1950 on without streamlining.

Highlights

• New tooling.
• Locomotive and tender constructed chiefly of metal.
• Compact design, high efficiency propulsion Softdrive Sine.
• mfx digital decoder and many sound functions.

Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder, controlled, high-efficiency Softdrive Sine propulsion, and a sound generator with many functions. It has a compact design, maintenance-free motor in the locomotive's boiler. 3 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and other lighting are maintenance-free, warm white LED's. A 7226 smoke generator can be installed in the locomotive. The headlights and smoke generator contact will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The tender is constructed of metal. There is a permanent close coupling between the locomotive and the tender and an NEM pocket with a close coupler on the end of the tender. Piston rod protection tubes that can be installed on the locomotive are included.
Minimum radius for operation 360 mm / 14-3/16".
Length over the buffers 30.7 cm / 12-1/16".

Typical express trains from the early DB period are made up of "Schürzenwagen" / "Skirted Passenger Cars" such as item nos. 43232, 43242, and 43272.

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The 39050 locomotive is being produced in a one-time series only for Insider members.

Digital Functions