Steam locomotive BR 52 - DB

Steam Locomotive with Tender. German Federal Railroad (DB) class 52 locomotive with condensation tender for long runs, 2-10-0 design. Built in 1943. Used for heavy freight and passenger trains. Era III, diecast metal frame, boiler, and tender body. Locomotive comes with a built-in DCC decoder in an 8-pin NEM digital connector and with a sound effects circuit. Conventional operation by means of the diode plugs included with the locomotive. 5-pole motor in the firebox. 5 axles powered. 4 traction tires. Headlights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Cooling fans for the condensation equipment are powered by a separate motor. A smoke generator can be retrofitted into the locomotive. Cooling fans, smoke generator contact, steam locomotive sound effects, different other operating sounds as well as acceleration and braking delay can be digitally controlled. Adjustable close coupling between locomotive and tender. NEM coupler pocket and close coupler mechanism on the tender. Length over buffers 315 / 317 mm (12-3/8"/ 12-1/2").

This locomotive was produced as a one-time series only in 2004.