Modelled after US-gear steam locomotive Shay, Class D. Model with 4 driving bogies. Drive via crank shafts on cardan shafts and on bevel gears on the bogies. With a boiler which is positioned toward the left. Mainly used in American field and forest railways, on stretches with narrow curves and strong gradients. Western Maryland Locomotive Number 5. Operating condition of the year 1940s.With digital decoder and a wide range of sound features. Regulated high-power drive with flywheel mass in the boiler. Via cardan shafts and bevel gears all axles are driven in the 4 driving bogies on locomotive and tender. Traction tyres. Serially installed smoke set. 1 Head end signal to locomotive and tender, changes with the direction of travel. Light change and smoke set conventional in operation, can be switched digitally. Driver's cab lighting is digitally switchable Lighting with maintenance-free warm white light emitting diodes (LED). With buffer storage. Standard coupling mounting with NEM shaft on the rear of the tender and at the front of the locomotive. Minimum radius for operation 360 mm. Train driver and fireman in the driver's cab. Length 25.2 cm.A matching US flat car set is available in the Trix H0 range under article number 24922. A further US flat car set with additional operating numbers is offered in the Maerklin H0-assortment under article number 45600, with indication of the necessary exchange wheel sets. You will find this model in AC version in the Maerklin H0 assortment under article number 38700.This text is machine translated.