Gauge 1 - Article No. 55983

Passenger Locomotive with Tub-Style Tender

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 38 10-40.

Passenger Locomotive with Tub-Style Tender
Article No. 55983
Gauge 1
Era III
Kind Steam Locomotives
Article not produced anymore.

Highlights

  • Built-in sound effects circuit.
  • Digitally controlled functions such as
  • smoke generator and engineer?s cab
  • lighting, headlights, sounds of locomotive whistle and bell.

Product description

Model: 3 axles powered directly or through side rods. 2 traction tires. Built-in high-efficiency electronic circuit for operation with DC power, AC power, or Märklin Delta/Digital. Built-in smoke generator and engineer?s cab lighting that can be turned on and off simultaneously in digital operation. Built-in circuit board to generate sound effects of the locomotive in motion that vary with the speed of the driving axles. This sound effects circuit can only be used in digital operation. In addition, the sound of a locomotive whistle and a bell can be turned on and off in digital operation. The triple headlights that change over with the direction of travel can be turned on and off in digital operation. The headlights are on constantly in operation with DC power, AC power or Märklin Delta. The brightness of the headlights varies with the amount of voltage present in the track. A figure of an engineer and a fireman as well as claw couplers are included with the locomotive. Minimum radius required for operation 1,020 mm / 40-5/32 . Length over buffers 65.5 cm / 25-13/16"

The 55983 passenger locomotive is being produced in a one-time series only in 2002.

Publications

The 58214 car set goes well with the 55983 passenger locomotive and can be found on page 485.

Publications

- Product programme 2002 / 2003

Features

/ Metal locomotive frame.
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.
d Digital decoder with additional, digitally controlled functions (f1, f2, f3 or f4) when operated with the 6021 Control Unit. The functions present depend on how the locomotive is equipped. Standard function (function) active during conventional operation.
h Built-in sound effects circuit.
H Triple headlights that change over with the direction of travel.
j Built-in interior details.
V Locomotive / car has sprung buffers.
W Automatic claw couplers can be replaced with reproduction prototype couplers.
3 Era 3

Warning

ATTENTION: not for children under 3 years