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The Most Beautiful One among the BeautiesA Queen for Model RailroadingIt was a real icon on DB track well into the late Sixties: The mighty express steam locomotive, road number 18 323, has what it takes to become a star as the perfectly designed model in the Märklin program. It was in use until 1969 as an extremely powerful and fast unit all over West Germany under the management of the German Federal Railroad Central Bureau. The new Märklin model is thereby a real highlight in any collection and on any layout set in the significant DB Era III. Its appearance in the midst of the ultramodern diesel and electric locomotives and the widely spread standard design steam locomotives at that time will attract a great deal of attention as in the real life prototype. With unusual stories linked with this German locomotive icon.Prototype: Express steam locomotive, road number 18 323, with a type 2 ´2 T29,6 coal tender, German Federal Railroad (DB). Former Baden class IVh. Experimental locomotive at the German Federal Railroad Experimental Office in Minden. Black/red basic paint scheme. Witte smoke deflectors and an inductive magnet on the engineer’s side. Smokestack with a Caledonian rim. The locomotive looks as it did around 1966.This model can be found in a AC version in the Marklin H0 assortment under item number 39323.Highlights: Completely new tooling. Especially intricate metal construction. A variety of separately applied details. Buffer height on the locomotive and tender adheres to the NEM. Factory-installed smoke unit and dynamic smoke exhaust that varies with the locomotive speed can be controlled digitally, included. Cab lighting, running gear lights, and firebox flickering can be controlled separately in digital operation. RailCom capable DCC/mfx decoder and extensive operation and sound functions included. Folding walkover plate between the cab and the front of the tender.
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