Märklin 39244 steam locomotive Serie 13 (241-A) SNCF 13 EST, Ep. II

Märklin 39244 steam locomotive Serie 13 (241-A) SNCF 13 EST, Ep. II Product Details

Description

EST steam locomotive series 13 (241 A) In the early 1920s, the French Eastern Railway (EST) urgently needed a powerful engine to haul its heavy express trains on the Paris - Belfort - Basel line. With a top speed of 120 km/h, the new locomotive was to be capable of constantly hauling a 700-ton train at 115 km/h on the level, which required a continuous output of at least 2,720 hp. Even more ambitious was the specification to pull 800 tons of trailer load at 80 km/h on a 5 ‰ gradient. This required around 3,540 hp - an exorbitant output for steam locomotives! A prototype delivered by Fives-Lille on January 17, 1926, numbered 41.001, made its first appearance in Europe with the "Mountain" wheelset sequence 2'D1'. In keeping with French custom, it was designed as a four-cylinder compound locomotive according to de Glehn/du Bousquet with separately adjustable Heusinger controls for the high-pressure and low-pressure power units. After extensive testing, a further 89 locomotives followed between 1930 and 1934, differing in some details from the prototype. Forty of these, numbered 241 002-041, were built by EST and 49 by ÉTAT. The prototype was renumbered 241 001 accordingly. The 241 A locomotives were equipped with an American-type boiler, new to Europe, with a large combustion chamber and Nicholson-type thermosyphons. The boiler was fed by an exhaust steam injector and two live steam injectors. The inner cylinders (LP cylinders) acted on the cranked first dome gear set, the outer cylinders (HP cylinders) on the second. A slide valve made it possible to feed high-pressure steam to the low-pressure cylinders during startup or when high power was required. While the EST served the Paris - Belfort - Mulhouse - Basel route with its "Mountains" in front of heavy express trains that took mountain-obsessed or sun-hungry vacationers to Switzerland or Italy, the ÉTAT ensured the connection to ships landing from the USA or Great Britain in Cherbourg or Le Havre. But ÉTAT was not happy with its "Mountains," as their heavy weight and large fixed wheelbase reportedly caused high rail wear. It therefore sold all 49 machines to EST. After its formation in 1938, SNCF took over all 90 locomotives, which were then numbered 241 A 1-41 (EST locomotives in the original order) and 241 A 42-90 (ex ÉTAT machines in a modified order) after various temporary re-designations. The SNCF used the machines mainly between Paris and Strasbourg and Paris and Basel until they were withdrawn from service between 1960 and 1965. Two examples have been preserved: the 241 A 1 in the Mulhouse Railway Museum and the 241 A 65 operational in Switzerland.

Features:

• Märklin - Series 13 (241-A) SNCF 13 EST steam locomotive, Ep. II.
• With mfx+ digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions
• Controlled high-efficiency propulsion with flywheel mass in the boiler
• 4 axles powered
• Traction tires
• Locomotive and tender largely made of metal
• Smoke set from 72270 is installed as standard
• Two-light headlights on the locomotive and tender that change depending on the direction of travel and a built-in smoke unit, conventionally in operation, digitally switchable
• Cab lighting can also be switched digitally
• Lighting with maintenance-free warm white light emitting diodes (LED)
• Adjustable coupling with kinematics between locomotive and tender
• Close coupling with kinematics on the tender with NEM shaft
• Passable minimum radius 437.5 mm
• Brake hoses, heating coupling and imitation screw coupling included
• In addition, a frame without wheel recess for the trailing axle is included, which can be exchanged for the standard frame of the trailing axle, e.g. for the display case
• Length over buffers 30.4 cm
• The matching "EDELWEISS" express train car set, with newly constructed passenger cars, can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 42470