Model train Class 86 Steam Locomotive

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) Class 86.0-8 steam tank locomotive. Black basic paint scheme with red running gear. Version with 4 boiler appliances. Welded water tanks with long cutouts over the cylinders and rounded edges. Triple headlights with DB Reflex glass lamps. Bell and turbo dynamo on the left, smoke box door without central locking and with a number board centrally mounted, without inductive magnet, coal bunker with a straight applied board. Road number 86 507. Stationed at Wuppertal District, Dieringhausen maintenance facility. The locomotive looks as did around 1964.

Model: The locomotive has a digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive is constructed mostly of metal. The 72270 smoke unit can be installed in the locomotive. Triple headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the smoke unit contact will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Dual red marker lights can be controlled separately in digital operation. Cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. There are numerous separately applied metal grab irons and lines. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Piston rod protective sleeves, brake hoses, and imitation prototype couplers are included separately. Length over the buffers 16.0 cm / 6-5/16".

Highlights

• Completely new tooling.
• Intricate construction mostly of metal.
• Prototype selection is the longer variant of the class 86.
• Welded water tanks.
• Long cutout on the water tanks.
• Triple headlights with DB Reflex glass lamps.
• Cab lighting can be controlled separately in digital operation.
• Red marker lights can be controlled separately in digital operation.
• 72270 smoke unit can be installed.
• RailCom-capable DCC/mfx digital decoder with a variety of light and sound functions.
• Buffer height conforms to the NEM.

Product info: Passenger cars such as the "Donnerbüchsen" / "Thunder Boxes" or appropriate freight cars to go with this locomotive can be found in the current Märklin H0 assortment along with information about required exchange wheelsets. Another freight car set can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 24140.

*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.