Class C 5 6 "Elephant" Steam Locomotive with a Tender

Class C 5/6 "Elephant" Steam Locomotive with a Tender

Model: The locomotive has a digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, mounted in the boiler. 5 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and tender are constructed chiefly of metal. The locomotive has a factory-installed 72270 smoke unit. The triple headlights on the locomotive and 2 lights on the tender change over with the direction of travel. They and the built-in smoke unit will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting can also be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white LEDs are used for the lighting. There is an adjustable coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. The front of the locomotive has an NEM pocket and a close coupler. The rear of the tender has an NEM pocket, a close coupler, and a guide mechanism. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16". Piston rod protection sleeves and imitation prototype couplers are included. Length over the buffers 22.3 cm / 8-3/4".

Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) class C 5/6 "Elephant" Gotthard steam locomotive, with a 3-axle tender, for use in freight and express train service on the Gotthard route. Version as it looked as a memorial locomotive in front of the SLM production plant in Winterthur. Locomotive road number 2969. The locomotive looks as it did in Era IV/V.

An AC model of this locomotive can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 39253.

The most powerful SBB steam locomotive, with the nickname "Elephant".Locomotive road number 2969 as it looked as a memorial locomotive in front of the SLM production plant in Winterthur.Cab lighting can also be controlled digitally.Factory-installed smoke unit.RailCom capable digital decoder and extensive operation and sound functions included.

SBB Class C 5/6 Steam 2969