Strong, Nimble, and Rugged – the 86, a Jack-of-All-Trades
It is a must for every Märklin railroader committed to Era III. The class 86 was an important jack-of-all-trades on the German Federal Railroad. The 86 is now being issued again – as a finely detailed model with high-tech features. Whether it is pulling a short limited-stop fast passenger train, long passenger trains, local branch line consists, or in freight service: The class 86 will bring variety to a model railroad. Stories can be told from the heyday of railroading when freight was still transported by rail to every corner of West Germany. The right cars are rolling as well into the Märklin program with the new four-part branch line freight train.<br><br>Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) Class 86.0-8 steam tank locomotive. Black basic paint scheme and red running gear. Version with 4 boiler appliances. Welded water tanks with long cutouts over the cylinders and rounded edges. Triple headlights with DB Reflex glass lamps. Bell and turbo dynamo on the left, smoke box door without central locking and with a number board centrally mounted, without inductive magnet, coal bunker with a straight applied board. Road number 86 507. Stationed at Wuppertal District, Dieringhausen maintenance facility. The locomotive looks as did around 1964.
Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive is constructed mostly of metal. The 72270 smoke unit can be installed in the locomotive. Triple headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the smoke unit contact will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Dual red marker lights can be controlled separately in digital operation. Cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. There are numerous separately applied metal grab irons and lines. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16. Piston rod protective sleeves, brake hoses, and imitation prototype couplers are included separately. Length over the buffers 16.0 cm / 6-5/16.
Passenger cars such as the Donnerbüchsen / Thunder Boxes or appropriate freight cars to go with this locomotive can be found in the current Märklin H0 assortment. Another freight car set can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 24140 along with information about the necessary AC wheelsets.
This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 25086.
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