Märklin 37923 - Steam locomotive - BR 41 DB - MFX + and Sound

• New construction of the class 41 in its original condition.
• Open-spoke metal frame with many applied details.
• High-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler.
• Versatile operating and sound functions can be controlled digitally.
• Equipped with the new mfx+ digital decoder.
• Operation possible in beginner, advanced, and professional modes.
• Simulated consumption of operating resources. Realistic running characteristics.

Model: with new mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. Controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. Locomotive and tender constructed mostly of metal. Prepared for smoke unit 7226. The triple headlights change over with the direction of travel and the smoke unit can be installed later; they will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Lighting with maintenance-free warm white LEDs. Close coupling with a mechanism between the locomotive and tender, adjustable in relation to the track radius. Close coupler with NEM shaft and mechanism at the front of the locomotive and at the rear of the tender. Minimum radius for operation 360 mm. Piston rod protector sleeves and brake hoses are included separately.
Length over the buffers 27.5 cm.

Please note! Our locomotives are extensively tested before being offered for sale.

About the locomotive - for enthusiasts

BR 41 with "Altbau" (old design) boiler DB. The fast freight train locomotive of the class 41 belongs to the late developments in the unified locomotive program of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG). Several classes were identical to the approximately simultaneously developed classes 06 and 45. Also common to these was the constructive special feature of the class 41: the average axle load could optionally be set to 18 tons or 20 tons to enable more extensive use. The chassis was a new development, the same as for class 03. However, due to the higher boiler pressure of 20 bar, boiler material St47K had to be used for these locomotives. Already in 1936, Berliner Maschinenbau AG, formerly Louis Schwartzkopff, delivered the two prototypes 41 001 and 002, which were first extensively tested. These were followed in 1938, with a few constructive changes, by 364 series machines that were delivered by almost all German locomotive factories until 1941. The order for 70 other already ordered locomotives was canceled by the DRG due to the Second World War in favor of transition and wartime locomotives. As with other machines, the St47K boiler of the BR 41 also showed signs of metal fatigue after a few years because the boiler material could not withstand aging, and the weld seams cracked. As a result, from the autumn of 1941, the boiler pressure was initially limited to 16 bar. Furthermore, in 1943/44, the DRG purchased a total of 40 replacement boilers made of the significantly more robust boiler material St34. After the Second World War, 220 locomotives ended up with the DB and 124 with the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in the GDR. Since both state railways could not do without the BR 41, numerous machines were fitted with new boilers. At the DB, 102 machines were rebuilt, receiving welded high-performance boilers with a combustion chamber, and 40 machines with oil firing. For the unrebuilt machines, by maintaining the lower boiler pressure, damage to the boilers could be kept within limits and largely resolved with the considerably improved welding techniques available at that time. Most of the 41s with "Altbau" boilers were decommissioned in the 1960s, and only a few locomotives still experienced the automation re-naming to class 041 in 1968. The last machines, 041 253 and 334, were stationed at Köln-Eifeltor in September 1970 and decommissioned on November 27, 1970.