Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 218 general-purpose locomotive. Diesel hydraulic locomotive with electric train heating. With exhaust hoods. Version in a "traffic red" paint scheme. Use: Passenger trains.
 

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder for operation with DCC, Selectrix, and Selectrix 2. It also has a motor with a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel and the headlights are maintenance-free LEDs. They and the cab lighting can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. It also has separately applied grab irons. Different controllable light functions will also work in analog operation by means of new bridge plugs included with the locomotive. All of the functions can also be controlled in the digital format SX2. Length over the buffers 102 mm / 4".
 

Charlie's Tip: This model is available as item no. Trix 12392 (analog) and as item no. Trix 12393 (digital), with different road numbers.