BR 143 DB AG | Gauge H0 - Article No. 37434

Original world record locomotive, one-time series.

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 143 general-purpose locomotive. B-B wheel arrangement.

Original world record locomotive, one-time series.
Article No. 37434
Gauge H0
Design type 1:87
Era V
Kind Electric Locomotives
Article not produced anymore.

Highlights

  • Locomotive constructed of metal.
  • Controlled high-efficiency propulsion.
  • mfx decoder included.
  • Exclusive production with:
  • Special printing on the locomotive,
  • Certificate of authenticity,
  • Video-DVD with original TV report of the world record event,
  • Representative packaging.

Product description

Model: The locomotive comes in the current traffic red basic paint scheme with squared off buffers and squared off roof edges. The locomotive has an mfx decoder and a controlled high-efficiency propulsion. 2 axles powered. 4 traction tires. The engineer's cabs have interior details. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The marker lights as well as the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled with a Control Unit or Märklin Systems. Length over the buffers 19.1 cm / 7-1/2".

One-time series of the 200 locomotives that took part in the Munich world record of Feb. 21, 2007.

Publications

- Special Imprint and Special Products

Prototype information

200 Märklin locomotives pull a 48 ton IC open seating car. Märklin "pulls" into the Guinness Book of Records. The science and technology program "W wie Wissen", on German TV"s Channel One has a chance of making it into the Guinness Book of Records: 200 Märklin class 143 model locomotives took part in an interesting experiment on the grounds of DB Systemtechnik in Munich on February 21, 2007. H0 scale 1:87 Märklin locomotives had to pull a full-size German Railroad Inc. (Deutsche Bahn AG) open seating IC car over a distance of 10 m / 32" 9-¾". The car weighed approximately 48 tons empty and measured 27m / 88" 7". 200 class 143 Märklin locomotives, item no. 37433, st ood ready. Lined up on 50 tracks in groups of four, they were supplied with power from 50 transformers. 3,000 VA were neede d to move the IC high capacity car. The experiment was successful and the 200 Märklin locomotives pulled the first class car smoothly and purposefully over the distance stipulated by the editors of the Guinness Book of Records. The Märklin experts of 1. Märklin Modellbahn Team laid a total of 625 m / 2050" 6-¼" of Märklin C track, laid 1.5 km / 1,640 yards of cables and soldered 3,000 points.

Features

) Metal frame and locomotive body.
c Digital locomotives with high-efficiency propulsion. Maximum speed and acceleration / delay are adjustable. Special motor with electronically enhanced load compensation or a compact bellshaped armature. Can be operated with Märklin transformers, in the Märklin Delta system or in the Märklin Digital system. One controllable auxiliary function (function), when the locomotive is being run in the Digital system.
e Digital decoder with up to 32 digitally controlled functions. The quantity depends on the controller being used.
N Triple headlights and two red marker lights that change over with the direction of travel.
i Power supply can be switched to operated from catenary.
T Märklin close couplers in standard pocket with pivot point.
5 Era 5

Warning

ATTENTION: not for children under 3 years
Control Unit Mobile Station Mobile Station 2 Central Station 1/2 Central Station 3/2
Headlight(s) X X X X X
Light Function1 X X X X X
Light Function 2 X X X X X
Direct control X X X X X