Class 215 Diesel Locomotive

Class 215 Diesel Locomotive

Model: The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and a smoke unit for operation with mfx and DCC. The motor has 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 lighting, and there is cab lighting that can be controlled digitally. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism. The headlights and marker light change over with the direction of travel in analog operation. There are separately applied grab irons. Length over the buffers 102 mm / 4".

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) road diesel locomotive, road number 215 064-7, as it looked around 1985. Diesel hydraulic locomotive with steam heating generator.

The Diesel Locomotive Classes 215/225From the mid-Sixties on the progressive retirement of steam locomotives led to an increasing demand for powerful diesel locomotives. The latter had to be able to run at higher speeds as well as enable the transfer to e

Grab irons separately applied.Cab lighting.Digital sound with many functions.

The DB in the Eighties: The Allgäu-Zollern-Railroad

The Seventies and Eighties are a colorful era: on the German Federal Railroad and of course on the Minitrix model railroad. At that time new colors and unusual designs were intended to give fresh air to the rails and not only for long-distance service.

DB Class 215 Diesel