Class VT 18.16 Diesel Express Powered Rail Car Train

Prototype: Class VT 18.16 (Class SVT "Görlitz") diesel express powered rail car train, as it looked in the museum set restored by the SVT Görlitz, Inc. Based on the version of the German State Railroad of the GDR (DR/GDR) from the Sixties and Seventies, as the flagship for international express service. 4-part unit. 1 type VTa powered end car, 1 type VMc intermediate car with a dining area and galley, 1 type VMd intermediate car, 1 type VTb powered end car. The train looks as it currently does starting in 2025/26.

Model: This is a 4-part unit. It includes an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound and light functions. The train has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in one powered end car. All four axles are powered by cardan shafts. Traction tires. The train has factory-installed LED interior lighting, cab lighting, engineer's stand lighting, engine room lighting, lighting in the galley area, and wall lamps in the dining area, all of which can be controlled digitally. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel. These lights and the interior lighting will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for all the lighting. There are multi-part interior details. There are multi-pin current-conducting special couplers with guide mechanisms between the cars. The pickup shoe on the end power car at the front of the train picks up current and changes to the pickup shoe on the back of the train with the change in direction of travel. The train has a buffer capacitor. There are many separately applied details. Both ends of the train have a reproduction of the automatic coupler (non-functioning). The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Length of the 4-part set approximately 113 cm / 44-1/2".

Highlights

• Completely new tooling.
• Scale reproduction at 1:87.
• Reproduction of the restored 4-part museum set.
• Highly detailed and heavy metal construction.
• High-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in one powered end car.
• All four axles driven using cardan shafts in one powered end car.
• Factory-installed cab lighting, control desk lighting, engine room lighting, and interior lighting.
• World of Operation mfx+ decoder with extensive operation, sound, and light functions.
• Buffer capacitor included to bridge over short areas without current.

Product info: Märklin is supporting the restoration of this legendary powered rail car train with a donation of 25,000.00 Euros.

* 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. The corresponding warranty conditions can be found here.