Roco 72140 steam locomotive 053 129-3, DB, Ep. IV

Roco 72140 steam locomotive 053 129-3, DB, Ep. IV Product Details

Description

The 053 129 steam locomotive of the German Federal Railroad is equipped with a drive on two axles of the tender and via the cardan shaft on all five driving axles of the locomotive. Furthermore, this version has a tub tender, DB Keks on the cab and disc leading wheels. It is equipped with many separately applied plug-in parts and fine metal wheel sets. In addition, a set of etched signs is included and there is the possibility to retrofit a smoke generator.

The class 50, probably the most important DB steam locomotive of the 1950/60s with many design variants, had proven itself at that time in front of almost all types of trains on main and branch lines. After all, more than 60 significant variants ensured that hardly any 50 had a completely identical appearance to a sister locomotive. The 1'E freight locomotives built in around 3,100 units starting in 1939 were considered to be robust, powerful, easy to maintain and extremely reliable. After 1945, more than 2,000 locomotives remained with the Deutsche Bundesbahn. The locomotives reached a top speed of 80 km/h, had a power output of approx. 1,200 kW and an axle load of 15 tons.

When the EDP series scheme was introduced in 1968, there were still 1,452 locomotives in DB's inventory. Since the ordinal number was only allowed to have three digits, the designations 051, 052 and 053 were introduced in addition to the class number 050.

Features:

• Gauge size: H0
• Power system: 2L direct current
• Railroad management: DB
• Era: IV
• Minimum radius: 358 mm
• Number of driven axles: 7
• Number of axles with traction tires: 2
• Coupling: NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics, KK linkage between locomotive and tender
• Interface: Electrical interface for traction units according to NEM 652 with plug-in device
• Headlights: 3 headlights at both ends of the car, changing with direction of travel
• Length over buffers: 265 mm