Brawa 70046 steam locomotive BR 043 der DB, Ep. IV (digital incl. sound)

Brawa 70046 steam locomotive BR 043 der DB, Ep. IV (digital incl. sound) Product Details

Description

The Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG) took a similar approach to the procurement of standard freight locomotives as when comparing the 01 and 02 series. The specification for the new locomotive was to be able to haul freight trains weighing up to 1,200 tons over low mountain routes, with an axle pressure of 20 tons. The maximum speed was set at 70 km/h for the pre-series locomotives. To determine the more economical design, an order was placed in 1926 with various locomotive manufacturers for the construction of 10 locomotives each of the 43 series (two-cylinder engine) and 44 series (three-cylinder engine). In addition to assigning the locomotives to other railroad depots, a direct comparison was made between the 43 and 44 at the Pressig-Rothenkirchen depot. The advantages and disadvantages of each class were tested in train haulage on the Frankenwaldbahn. The comparison of the two classes was initially to the disadvantage of the more powerful class 44. The economy of the two-cylinder locomotive 43 prevailed at that time. However, in the mid-1930s, after the global economic crisis had been overcome, the call for more powerful freight locomotives became louder. The experience gained ten years earlier with the 44 series was recalled, and with the experience gained from steam engine construction since 1925, an intermediate series was created with the 44 013-065 locomotives. In 1938 (from 44 066), proper series production was finally started. By 1949, a total of 1989 class 44 locomotives had been produced at various locomotive factories in Germany and abroad. The locomotives lived up to expectations and from then on were the backbone of freight train transportation.

Features:

• Boiler, driver's cab and tender designed as finely detailed plastic components
• Opened bar frame and spoked wheels made of die-cast zinc
• Standard shaft at the rear guided by a splitter
• Driver's cab illuminated (Digital EXTRA version)
• Flickering fire (Digital EXTRA version)
• Sound decoder installed or prepared for installation
• Smoke generator prepared for installation
• Close coupling between locomotive and tender
• Faithful reproduction of the standing boiler rear wall
• Drive in the tender for optimum driving characteristics
• Single axle bearing in metal
• Metal driving and coupling rods
• Engine lighting (Digital EXTRA version)
• Prototypical Witte wind deflectors
• Tender 2'2' T34 oil
• Length over buffers in mm: 261
• Minimum radius: 420 mm
• PluX22
• 4 traction tires
• Locomotive has flywheel mass
• Three-light headlights
• Interior lighting
• Close coupler kinematics
• Doehler & Haass decoder