BR 56.2-8, DRG | Gauge H0 - Article No. 37516

Steam Freight Locomotive

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) class 56.2-8 steam freight locomotive. Rebuilt Prussian G 8.1 with a pilot truck. German State Railroad lanterns and bell. Type 3T 16,5 coal tender. Road number 56 569. The locomotive looks as it did around 1938.

Steam Freight Locomotive
Article No. 37516
Gauge H0
Design type 1:87
Era II
Kind Steam Locomotives
Article not produced anymore.

Highlights

  • Authentic signs of weathering.
  • Presentation board included.
  • mfx+ digital decoder and extensive operational and sound functions included.
  • For still more operating enjoyment in the Märklin "World of Operation".
  • Figures of a locomotive engineer and a fireman included.
  • Factory-installed smoke unit included.
  • Telex coupler on the tender.

Product description

Model: The locomotive has the new mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and tender are constructed mostly of metal. The locomotive has a factory-installed 72270 smoke unit. The dual headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the built-in smoke unit will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. There is a permanent close coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. The rear of the tender has a Telex coupler that can be controlled in digital operation. The front of the locomotive has a close coupler with an NEM pocket. The locomotive has many separately applied details such as piping and sand pipes. Protective piston sleeves, brake lines, imitation prototype couplers, and figures of a locomotive engineer and a fireman are included. Length over the buffers 21.1 cm / 8-5/16".

This model is being produced in a one-time series only for the Märklin Dealer Initiative (MHI). The fourth locomotive of a series of 5 locomotives with traces of authentic weathering.

Publications

A freight car set to go with this locomotive is being produced under item number 46088 also exclusively for the MHI in the Märklin assortment.

Publications

- Summer New Items 2015 - Product programme 2015/2016 - Product programme 2016/2017 - Product programme 2017/2018

Features

! Märklin exclusive special model - produced in a one-time series.
( Metal frame and mostly locomotive body.
c Digital locomotives with high-efficiency propulsion. Maximum speed and acceleration / delay are adjustable. Special motor with electronically enhanced load compensation or a compact bellshaped armature. Can be operated with Märklin transformers, in the Märklin Delta system or in the Märklin Digital system. One controllable auxiliary function (function), when the locomotive is being run in the Digital system.
# mfx+ digital decoder
h Built-in sound effects circuit.
E Dual headlights that change over with the direction of tavel.
U Märklin close couplers in standard pocket with guide mechanism.
2 Era 2
Y ATTENTION: adults only

Warning

ATTENTION: adults only
Control Unit Mobile Station Mobile Station 2 Central Station 1/2 Central Station 3/2
Headlight(s) X X X X X
Smoke generator X X X X X
Steam locomotive op. sounds X X X X X
Locomotive whistle X X X X X
Direct control X X X X X
Sound of squealing brakes off X X X X
Bell X X X X
Whistle for switching maneuver X X X X
Telex coupler on the rear X X X X
Sound of coal being shoveled X X X
Grate Shaken X X X
Letting off Steam X X X
Air Pump X X X
Injectors X X X
"Switcher Double ""A"" Light" X X X