Class 218 Diesel Locomotive

Class 218 Diesel Locomotive

Model: The locomotive has tooling changes and a new version of the roof to represent correctly the road number 218 499-2 with a TB 11 motor and Behr cooling equipment in a "V" shape. It also has a built-in digital decoder and sound generator for operation with mfx and DCC. The motor includes a flywheel. 4 axles powered. Traction tires. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel. Warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. The cabs have lighting. All of the lighting can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights and marker lights change over with the direction of travel in analog operation. The locomotive has separately applied grab irons.Length over the buffers 102 mm / 4".

Prototype: Railroad Construction and Operating Company Pressnitz Valley Railroad, LLC (PRESS) general-purpose locomotive, road number 218 054-3 (former 218 448-9). Diesel hydraulic locomotive with roof version to accommodate the MTU 12V 956 TB 11 motor. With parallel exhaust hoods and a Behr cooling system in a "V" shape. The locomotive looks as it did from December of 2020.

Over the past 40 years, the 218 series has shaped the image of the DB away from the main electrified lines like no other diesel locomotive. Both in double traction in front of heavy InterCity trains in the Allgäu and on the Marsch Railroad line or used in

Digital sound with many functions

The PRESS Class 218

In use all over GermanyThe logos "3-Löwen-Takt" and "bwegt" are included