BVO Bahn GmbH (Busverkehr Ober- und Westerzgebirge) Fichtelberg Railway Class L45H-083 Diesel Loco, Era V

More than 300 class L45H machines were built at the “23 August Works” locomotive factory in Bucharest, Romania. Most of the class L45H locos were delivered to Poland, Romania, and Hungary. The former GDR did not order any of these locos back then. Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, however, various machines of this type came to Germany, including road number L45H-083. It was purchased by BVO Bahn GmbH (Busverkehr Ober- und Westerzgebirge), which operated the Fichtelberg Railway between Cranzahl and Oberwiesenthal at the time. Here, it was initially given a blue paint scheme with a yellow decorative stripe and was available for operation from 2001. Today, the Fichtelberg Railway is operated by the Saxon Steam Railway Company (SDG).

This is a model of road number L45H-083 in the version with the blue paint scheme from era V, as it looked in operation with BVO Bahn GmbH. The model is finely detailed with many separately applied parts. The nose sections, cab, and chassis frame are prototypically replicated. The cab doors can be opened. The model is prototypically painted and lettered for era V. Both trucks are powered, and the minimum radius for operation is R1 / 600 mm / 23-5/8". The model is fitted with an mfx/DCC decoder with many light and sound functions; a buffer capacitor is fitted as standard. The white/red headlights change over with the direction of travel and can be controlled digitally. The engineer’s cab has interior fittings and lighting. An engineer figure is included. Length over the buffers 52 cm / 20-1/2".

Highlights

• Both trucks are powered.
• Prototypical nose sections,
• cab, and gas cap.
• Cab with interior details.
• Cab lighting.
• mfx/DCC sound decoder.
• Buffer capacitor.

*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.