Trix 12549 - BR 44 Freight Locomotive with a Tender

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 044, 2-10-0 wheel arrangement. Built starting in 1937 as a standard design locomotive for the DRG. Use: Heavy freight trains.Highlights

• Built-in DCC/Selectrix decoder.
• Decoder has automatic system recognition.
• Can also be used in analog operation.
• Realistic steam locomotive sounds.
• Metal body.
• Can motor with a bell-shaped armature.

Product description

Model: Era IV. This locomotive comes with the new, impressive Trix technology: - Die-cast metal locomotive and tender - Powerful can motor (with bell-shaped armature) with a flywheel - Motor and gear drive in the boiler - Built-in DCC/Selectrix decoder with automatic system and analog recognition - Built-in sound module with steam locomotive operating sounds as well as other sound effects - Sound functions can be activated with DCC and Trix Systems - Close coupling between the locomotive and tender - Close coupler mechanism on the rear of the tender - Smoke box door can be opened 5 axles powered through side rods, 4 traction tires. Length over the buffers 141 mm / 5-9/16".

Publications

- Main Catalog 2006 - New Items 2006

Prototype information

A three-cylinder 2-10-0 locomotive with a 20 metric ton axle load was on the drawing board as early as the first plans for locomotive types put together by the newly created "Engere Lokomotiv-Normenausschuss" (ELNA), or "Select Committee for Locomotive Standards", consisting of leading specialists from the railroad industry and the German State Railroad. With increases in freight train speeds, this idea was taken up again. The result was the class 44, which was built from 1926 to 1949 and is thereby the standard design locomotive built over the longest period of time. These units reached a maximum speed on level track of 80 km/h / 50 mph with trains having 1,000 metric tons total weight and 60 km/h / 38 mph with trains having 2,000 metric tons total weight. With the start of the war newly built units were simplified in steps and delivered as wartime transition locomotives. One feature of the locomotives" appearance that stood out was that the engineer's cab had also been simplified and now had only a single window on each side. The class 44 was indispensable for a long time by virtue of its good performance and was in service on the DB well into the 1970s. The last locomotive was not retired until 1977 in the Rheine District.