Class RABe 501 Giruno High-Speed Rail Car Train Model train

Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) EC 250 electric high-speed rail car train as the class RABe 501 "Giruno". 1 type A (Bt1) end car, 2nd class. 1 type F (B7) intermediate car, 2nd class, with handicapped entries and a pantograph. 1 type G (WR6) intermediate car, with a dining area. 1 type H (A5) intermediate car, 1st class, with handicapped entries and a pantograph. 1 type L (At2) end car, 1st class. In use as a multi-system powered rail car train between the Zürich Airport and Basle as well as across the Alps through the Gotthard Basis Tunnel to Milan. Permission planned for use in Germany and Austria. Train number RABe 501 003, with coat-of-arms "San Gottardo". The train looks as it currently did in 2022.

Model: This is a 5-part basic set. The dining car G and the two intermediate cars F and H arranged on the left and right are coupled permanently to each other with Jakobs trucks. The train has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound and light functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, centrally mounted in the dining car. All 4 axles in both Jakobs trucks on the left and right of the dining car are powered using cardan shafts. Traction tires. The cabs in the end cars have interior details. Current pickup is done from the end car at the front of the train and changes with the direction of travel. There is a guide mechanism in the Jakobs trucks. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The train can be switched to a white marker light (Swiss headlight / marker light code). There are additional separately controlled light functions. The train has factory-installed interior lighting. The interior lighting is supplied with power from a continuous electrical connection throughout the entire train. The cab and control desk lighting are also each controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for all of the lighting. The pantographs on the F and H intermediate cars can each be raised and lowered separately as a digital function. The train is modelled true-to-scale. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Length of the basic set approximately 112 cm / 44-1/8".

Highlights

• Completely new tooling.
• True-to-scale 1? scale reproduction.
• Factory-installed LED interior lighting.
• Cab and control desk lighting can be controlled digitally.
• Pantographs on the F and H intermediate cars can be raised and lowered as a digital function.
• mfx+ World of Operation decoder and extensive light and sound functions included.
• Train number RABe 501 003, with coat-of-arms "San Gottardo".

Product info: The 39810 5-part basic set can be expanded to a prototypical 11-part powered rail car train with the 43461, 43462, and 43463 2-part add-on car sets.

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

*There is a manufacturer's warranty on the part of the guarantor Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH, Stuttgarter Str. 55-57, 73033 Göppingen with a duration of 2 years. The corresponding warranty conditions can be found here.