Märklin 39029 - Steam locomotive BR 18.3 - Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) - Green

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Märklin 39029 - Steam locomotive BR 18.3 - Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) - Green

Oil-fired express steam locomotive 18 314 and oil tender 2'2'T34 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR (DR/DDR). Rebuilt version, test locomotive of the VES-M Halle (Saale). Equipped with Reko boiler and partial plating. The original locomotive is the 18 314, (former Badische IVh). With Witte smoke deflectors and Indusi on one side. Model in the livery around 1968.

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About the locomotive: The 'Frog' - a unique loner of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR/GDR). Steam locomotive 18 314 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) of the GDR, which was later nicknamed 'Bark' (Frog), has had an extraordinary life. Once, in 1919, it was put into service in Baden as a runner type IVh, it then entered service with the DRG with number 18 314. After the end of the Second World War, the locomotive was exchanged for an S3/6 because the later VES-M in Halle urgently needed a fast coupled four-cylinder steam locomotive for test runs and thus ended up in the Soviet zone. In order to make it even faster, it was equipped with a Reko boiler, partial streamlining and a new driver's cab in 1960. It was also given a green paint scheme. The conversion to an oil-fired installation in 1967 put the finishing touches on it. At the end of 1971 she was taken out of service and in 1984 she moved to the FRG through sale. Since 1986 she has been on long-term loan to the HEF as a showpiece in the Auto- en Techniekmuseum in Sinsheim.

Märklin description:

• Very finely detailed metal model.
• With a large number of loosely mounted detailed parts.
• Standard with smoke generator with dynamic, speed-dependent smoke emission.
• With digitally controlled lighting in the driver's cab and on the driving gear.
• With play world digital mfx+ decoder with extensive operating and sound functions.
• With buffer capacitor for bridging short currentless sections.

Model: With digital mfx+ decoder and extensive sound functions. Regulated high-efficiency propulsion with flywheel, built into the boiler. Three axles powered. With traction tires. Locomotive and tender are largely made of metal. Standard equipped with smoke generator with dynamic, speed-dependent smoke emission. Three-point headlight that changes with the direction of travel, burns analog and can be operated digitally. As an extra, two red signals on the front of the locomotive can be operated digitally. With lighting in the driver's cab and on the driving gear, can be operated digitally. Lighting by means of maintenance-free, warm white and red light-emitting diodes (LED). With buffer capacitor. A co-resilient coupling between locomotive and tender. On the tender a co-resilient coupling in a coupling pocket according to NEM. Smallest radius that can be driven on 360 mm. For larger curve radii and for display case arrangement, interchangeable cladding plates, without recess for the wheels under the driver's cab, are supplied separately. Protective tubes for the piston rods and brake hoses are supplied separately. Length over buffers 27.2 cm.