Trix 22227 - Class 42 Heavy Steam Freight Locomotive with a Tub-Style Tender

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 42 heavy steam freight locomotive, with a type 2´2´T30 tub-style tender. Black/red basic paint scheme. With Witte standard version smoke deflectors, pilot truck with solid wheels, both lower headlights on the front of the locomotive built into the cylinder block. No smokebox access step below the smokebox door. Locomotive road number 42 1417. The locomotive looks as it did around 1950. 

Model: The locomotive has a 21-pin digital interface connector. 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. 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". 

Highlights: 

• Completely new tooling.
• Especially finely detailed metal construction.
• 21-pin digital interface connector included.
• Partially open bar frame with mostly open view between the frame and the boiler.
• High-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. 
  

One-time series.

Four-axle Erz Id hopper cars for the transport of iron ore to go with this locomotive can be found under item number Trix 24120 as a 12 car set in the Trix H0 assortment. Another 24 cars in a display with different car numbers can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 00722 with the specification for the required DC wheel sets. 

This model can be found in an AC version at ajckids.com in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number Marklin 39042.