Märklin 74862 C-Gleis Drehscheibe

Märklin 74862 C-Gleis Drehscheibe Product Details

Description

Turntables Even in the early days of railroads, the problem of turning steam locomotives had to be dealt with. The rather complex drive technology of steam locomotives meant that, for technical reasons, tender locomotives in particular had completely different running characteristics when traveling forwards and backwards. Furthermore, the personnel had a poorer view of the track when driving in reverse. Passengers or sensitive goods also had to be protected from excessive steam/smoke development, so the chimney had to point ahead in the direction of travel. Thus, railroad engineers early on developed turntables for turning steam locomotives but also part of cars, which required the least space of all other options. By definition, "turntables are movable pieces of track, usually mounted on special supporting bodies, that can rotate about a perpendicular axis and are used to transfer cars or wheelsets from one track to another or to turn cars." In the early years of railroads, many small turntables could be found throughout the railroad, which then performed a distribution function in the operating process. Complex turnout lines were not yet common. As locomotives became larger and heavier, the turntables had to grow as well and soon found their only location in front of the roundhouse of a nearby depot. Rectangular sheds also required them as turning facilities, and large freight yards sometimes had a separate turntable for turning locomotives quickly. The standard turntables of the Deutsche Reichsbahn still had a diameter of 20 m in 1920. This increased to 23 m in 1928 with the introduction of longer machines, and a few years later there were even some turntables with a diameter of 26 m in use. The drive was mostly provided by electric motors, only very rarely by diesel or compressed air. For smaller turntables, muscle power was often sufficient. As weather protection for the turntable attendant, who worked all day, most of the turntables had a corresponding small house that rotated during operation.

Features:

• Märklin - C Track turntable
• DB unit type 23 m
• Suitable for conventional and digital operation
• Remote controlled turntable with built-in motor
• Exclusively digital control with Mobile Station 2 and Central Station 2 and 3 (not included)
• Particularly convenient control with Central Station 2 and 3 by means of track preselection or with various digital central stations with the digital format DCC
• Function: Rotate right/left pit for recessed installation in the layout
• 6 sidings for C-tracks for insertion at any position
• Outgoing angle in the C-track pitch of 12
• Can be used with transition track 24922 to K track and with transition track 24951 to M track
• Expandable to max. 30 sidings in 12° pitch with extension 74871
• Separate power supply for the outgoing tracks necessary
• Outer diameter with one outgoing track each opposite: 378 mm
• Diameter of pit without outgoing tracks: 278 mm
• Platform length: 263 mm
• Matches the roundhouse: 72887
• Various switchable sound functions Turntable guard house and exterior light illuminated with LED, switchable
• New color scheme compared to the previous turntable 74861, e.g. "blind" in the color scheme of the C-track with additional representation of the wooden planks