TRIX H0 22885 H0 steam locomotive ClA3 Flying Scotsman
The flying bulkhead in blackWorld famous, fast, strong and a true legend: The steam locomotive, the sounding name Flying Scotsman, set a series of world records, writing railway history. It moved for decades the British express train of the same name, which raced without stopping from Edinburgh to London and back. In 1934, it was the first steam engine to reach the magical speed of 100 miles/hour (160 km/h) and later it even toured the USA and Australia. On the 100-year anniversary of this three-cylinder Power locomotive, Maerklin already released the current museum version in famous green paint in 2023. Now comes as a special execution a black variant, which with extraordinary features tells a fascinating epoch in the history of the locomotive. During the 2. World War II and still a few years later, the famous green color of a noble black paint, as many British steam locomotives wore at that time. Towards the end of the general overhaul started in 2006, the black color was chosen again to protect the locomotive during the final assembly and tests. During this time, young and old had the opportunity to experience Flying Scotsman in this unique condition, initially in 2011 and 2012 at the Railfest, a major railway festival held at the same time as the London Olympic Games and the 800-year anniversary of the city of York. Last but not least, the locomotive carried this paint in January/February 2016 for further test and test drives. Afterwards, the locomotive received its green coat of British Railways and, under the number 60103, enjoys railway fans all over the country and beyond. In the new excellent Maerklin model, this special variant of the Flying Scotsman lives on a small scale and tells another important chapter in the life of this fascinating European steam giant.Model: High-speed steam engine with tender of the class A3. Design as museum locomotive in waiting time black with different operating numbers written on. Operational museum condition beginning of 2015 with corridor tender and smoke deflector plates. Locomotive of the National Railway Museum in York.Model: With digital decoder and extensive light and sound functions. Regulated high-power drive with flywheel mass in the boiler. Three-axle driven. Traction tyres. Locomotive and tender to a large extent made of metal. Serially installed smoke unit with speed-dependent, dynamic smoke emissions, can be switched digitally. Two-light head end signal changes depending upon the direction of travel at the locomotive and a lamp at the rear side of the tender operated conventionally, can be switched digitally. Lamp on the back of the tender can be switched to red light. Third head light at the locomotive front as electric lamp can be switched separately on and to red lighting Lighting of driver's cab and fire pit flickers can be controlled digitally. Lighting of the tender passage can be switched digitally. Lighting with maintenance-free warm white and red light emitting diodes (LED). Adjustable close coupling with kinematics between locomotive and tender. Kinematic close coupling on the tender with NEM. Buffer height on locomotive and tender according to NEM. Brake hoses, screw coupling imitations and closed cylinder cover are included. Length over Buffer 24.5 cm. The local sounds were provided with friendly support from Dovetail Games, Kent. You will find this model in AC version in the Maerklin H0 assortment under article number 39969.This text is machine translated.
