Marklin 37815 - Steam Locomotive BR 50 (Hand Weathered)

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 50 freight train steam locomotive, with a coal tender as a standard design type box-style tender in its original design. With Wagner smoke deflectors, standard engineer's cab, long walkway that is angled at the front to the smoke box, DRG lanterns, and without an inductive magnet.  The locomotive looks as it did around 1950.
 

Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder. It has controlled high efficiency propulsion with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and the tender are constructed mostly of metal. A 7226 smoke generator can be installed in the locomotive. The dual headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the smoke generator contact will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The headlights are maintenance-free, warm white LEDs. There is a close coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender and it can be adjusted for curves. The front of the locomotive and the back of the tender has a close coupler in an NEM pocket with a guide mechanism. Minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16".

Piston rod protectors and brake hoses are included. Length over the buffers 26.4 cm / 10-3/8".

• Completely new tooling.
• Especially finely detailed metal construction.
• Partially open bar frame and many separately applied details.
• High-efficiency propulsion with a bell-shaped armature, mounted in the boiler.
• Special limited hand weathered version

One-time series.
 

A freight car set to go with this freight steam locomotive can be found under item no. 46080.