Märklin 55129 steam locomotive BR 18, museum locomotiveomotive des Technikmuseums Sinsheim, Ep. VI

Class 18 Steam Locomotive

Prototype: Class 18 314 express steam locomotive with oil main firing and oil tender, museum locomotive of the Sinsheim Museum of Technology. Former Baden IVh. Condition around 2021.

The "Schorsch" - a unique one-off from the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR). The steam locomotive 18 314 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) of the GDR, later called "Schorsch", has an unusual, even extraordinary life story. Once put into service in 1919 as a Baden "noble racer" of the "IV h" series, it was taken over by the DRG as 18 314. After the end of the Second World War, the locomotive was exchanged for an S 3/6 in the Soviet zone, where the later VES-M Halle urgently needed a fast four-cylinder compound steam locomotive for test runs. To make it even faster, in 1960 it was fitted with a reconditioned boiler, partial cladding, a new driver's cab and tender as well as a green paint job. The icing on the cake was the conversion to oil main firing in 1967. It was decommissioned at the end of 1971 and sold to West Germany in 1984. Since 1986, it has been on permanent loan from the HEF and is one of the highlights of the Auto- und Technikmuseum in Sinsheim.

Features:

• Märklin - Class 18 steam locomotive, museum locomotive of the Sinsheim Museum of Technology, Ep. VI
• Completely new construction made of metal
• Chassis, locomotive body with boiler and cab made of die-cast zinc
• Other attached parts largely made of metal (MS)
• Elaborate model with many attached elements and highly detailed driver's cab
• Smoke chamber door can be opened
• Movable driver's cab doors, and much more With mfx digital decoder with 32 functions, controlled high-performance drive and sound generator with wheel-synchronized running sound and extensive sound functions
• Operation with alternating current, direct current, Märklin Digital and DCC possible
• Built-in buffer capacitor
• All driving axles powered
• Built-in smoke generator with wheel-synchronized steam output, multi-stage cylinder steam and steam whistle
• Engine lighting, dual headlights with era-appropriate light coloring that changes with the direction of travel
• Conventional front lighting in operation, digitally switchable
• Lighting with maintenance-free warm white LEDs
• Red end of train signal can be switched on/off and driver's cab lighting
• Digitally switchable special function: Locomotive driver operates the controller (servo-operated motion sequence as when the locomotive driver operates the controller in the prototype)
• Equipped with spring buffers, locomotive model with screw coupling at the front, equipped with remote-controlled telex coupling at the rear (can be exchanged for screw coupling at the rear)
• Control changeover (forward, reverse, continuous operation) in 3 stages
• Built-in engine driver figure
• The model is supplied with an equipment package with operating number plates, a screw coupling, steam oil and gloves
• Mounted on a black painted aluminum base for showcase presentation
• Minimum passable radius 1,020 mm
• Length over buffers: approx. 73.8 cm
• Weight: approx. 9.2 kg

Specs:

• Gauge: 1
• Rail Company: Private Railways
• Era: VI
• Color: Green
• Electricity System: DC
• Digital: Yes
• sound: Yes
• News: 2023
• Type: Steam loco

Instruction manual / Safety instructions:

• Manual (5.69 MB)

Downloads:

• Spare Parts (1.72 MB)

Further links:

• Print View

CAUTION: Not suitable for children under 3 years. Danger of swallowing! Age recommendation from 14 years.