Trix 22225 - Class 42 Heavy Steam Freight Locomotive with a Tub-Style Tender

Prototype: German State Railroad Company (DRG) class 42 heavy steam freight locomotive with a type 2´2´T30 tub-style tender. Dark gray basic paint scheme. With standard design Witte smoke deflectors, pilot truck wheel set with solid wheels, both lower headlights in the front of the locomotive built into the cylinder block. No smokebox access step below the smokebox door. Locomotive road number 42 506. The locomotive looks as it did around 1944.

Highlights

• Prototypical tooling changes for the version as a German State Railroad locomotive.
• Frost protection cladding on the air pump and lubrication lines included.
• Rail clearance devices with large scoops.
• Especially finely modelled metal construction.
• Digital decoder and a variety of operation and sound functions included.

Model: The locomotive has a digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and the tub-style tender are constructed mostly of metal. A 7226 smoke unit can be installed in the locomotive. The double headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the smoke unit that can be installed in the locomotive will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting can be controlled in digital operation. Maintenance-free warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. There is a close coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. The rear of the tender and the front of the locomotive have close couplers with NEM pockets and guide mechanisms.

The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Protective piston sleeves, brake hoses, and imitation prototype couplers are included.

Length over the buffers 26.4 cm / 10-3/8".

Produktinfo

The type Erz IId four-axle hopper cars for transporting iron ore go well with this locomotive and can be found in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 24122 as a 6-car set with different car numbers. Another 12 cars with different car numbers can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 46230 with information about the required DC wheel sets.

This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 39044.