Prototype: Railpool, Inc. class 186 electric locomotive, leased to HSL. Road number 186 181-4. The locomotive looks as it did starting in 2018 with the attractive advertising design HSL - Wir verbinden Europa / HSL - We Connect Europe.
Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, centrally mounted. All four axles powered using cardan shafts. Traction tires. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. Long-distance headlights can be controlled. The headlights at Locomotive Ends 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. There is a double A light function. Cab lighting and control desk lighting can be controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. There are many separately applied parts such as grab irons, sandboxes, UIC sockets, and roof conductors. The roof equipment is detailed with four newly designed pantographs with different contact strips for use in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria. The buffer height conforms to the NEM. Brake lines, prototype couplers, sockets, and closed rail clearance devices are included separately for installation on the locomotive. Length over the buffers 21.7 cm / 8-9/16.
Freight cars from Era VI to go with this locomotive can be found in the MŠrklin H0 assortment. This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 25803.
Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, centrally mounted. All four axles powered using cardan shafts. Traction tires. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. Long-distance headlights can be controlled. The headlights at Locomotive Ends 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. There is a double A light function. Cab lighting and control desk lighting can be controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. There are many separately applied parts such as grab irons, sandboxes, UIC sockets, and roof conductors. The roof equipment is detailed with four newly designed pantographs with different contact strips for use in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria. The buffer height conforms to the NEM. Brake lines, prototype couplers, sockets, and closed rail clearance devices are included separately for installation on the locomotive. Length over the buffers 21.7 cm / 8-9/16.
Freight cars from Era VI to go with this locomotive can be found in the MŠrklin H0 assortment. This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 25803.
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