Gauge 1 - Article No. 55074

Class 078 Steam Tank Locomotive

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 078 steam tank locomotive. The locomotive looks as it did around 1969. Road number 078 195-5. Based in Aalen, Stuttgart District.

Class 078 Steam Tank Locomotive
Article No. 55074
Gauge 1
Era IV
Kind Steam Locomotives
Article not produced anymore.

Highlights

  • Completely new tooling.
  • Highly detailed full metal construction.
  • New mfx decoder generation with a current buffer and up to 32 functions
  • also in operation with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and DCC.

Product description

Model: The locomotive is completely new tooling. The frame and the locomotive body with boiler and cab are constructed of die-cast zinc. Other applied parts are constructed mostly of metal (brass). This is a highly detailed model with many separately applied details and a prototypically detailed cab. The locomotive has 2 round boiler attachments (steam dome and sand box) and a smoke box door without central locking that can be opened. The water tank hatches can be opened, the cab doors can be opened, and much more. The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder with 32 possible functions, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and a sound generator with running sounds synchronized to the wheels as well as extensive sound functions. The locomotive can be operated with AC power, DC power, Märklin Digital, and DCC. The locomotive has a built-in current buffer. All driving axles powered. The locomotive has a built-in smoke generator with steam chuffing synchronized to the wheels, cylinder steam, and a steam whistle. There are triple headlights front and rear that change over with the direction of travel. The light color is correct for the era. The headlights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. Red marker lights can be controlled. The locomotive has sprung buffers, and cab and firebox lighting as well as running gear lights. The locomotive comes with a prototype coupler on the front and a remote controlled Telex coupler on the rear. Both couplers can be replaced by the other type. The valve gear switchover is in 3 steps (forward, reverse, continuous operation). An accessory package with one each reproduction prototype coupler and a Telex coupler, smoke fluid, and a figure of a locomotive engineer and a fireman is included with the locomotive. The locomotive is mounted on an aluminum base painted black for display case presentation. The minimum radius for operation of the train is 1,020 mm / 40-1/8". Length over the buffers 46.2 cm / 18-3/16". Weight approximately 6.2 kilograms / 13 pounds 11 ounces.

Publications

- New items brochure 2018 - Product programme 2018/2019 - Product programme 2019/2020 - Product programme 2020/2021

Features

$
) Metal frame and locomotive body.
e Digital decoder with up to 32 digitally controlled functions. The quantity depends on the controller being used.
§ DCC decoder
h Built-in sound effects circuit.
H Triple headlights that change over with the direction of travel.
+ Built-in LED interior lighting.
4 Era 4
Y ATTENTION: adults only

Warning

ATTENTION: adults only
Control Unit Mobile Station Mobile Station 2 Central Station 1/2 Central Station 3/2
Headlight(s) X X X X X
Smoke generator X X X X X
Steam locomotive op. sounds X X X X X
Locomotive whistle X X X X X
Telex coupler on the rear X X X X X
Engineer’s cab lighting X X X X
Running gear lights X X X X
Whistle for switching maneuver X X X X
Direct control X X X X
Sound of squealing brakes off X X X
Sound of coal being shoveled X X X
Tipping grate X X X
Air Pump X X X
Injectors X X X
Water Pump X X X
Letting off Steam X X X
Marker light(s) X
Whistle for switching maneuver X
Conductor's Whistle X
Rail Joints X
Cab chatter X
Cab chatter X
Safety Valve X
Station Announcements X
Generator Sounds X
Replenishing fuel X
Replenishing fuel X
Replenishing fuel X
Special sound function X
Bell X
Telex coupler on the front X