MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 39187 Diesel locomotive - class 218

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KEY DATA
Product Name	39187 Diesel locomotive - class 218
Object type	Locomotive-Diesel
Product Line	Märklin Special Model
Era	1970-1990 (IV)
Manufactured years	2021-2022
Text on object	DB Farzeuginstandsetzung - Ihr starker partner in der Instandhaltung - AW Cottbus
Road Number	218 497-6.
Classification	Class 218
Type of housing	Metal
Length	18.9 cm
Technology	Digital MFX+
Nationality	Germany
Railway company	- DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn 1949-1994)
Url to Märklin	Klick to GoTo www.maerklin.de

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Description
Class 218 Diesel Locomotive German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 218 diesel locomotive, DB Locomotive/Car Maintenance, Inc. Cottbus. Diesel-hydraulic locomotive with electric train heating. Road number 218 497-6. The locomotive looks as it did starting in 2021. The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion. All axles powered. Traction tires. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The headlights at Locomotive End 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. The cab lighting changes over with the direction of travel and can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The locomotive has separately applied metal grab irons on the sides and ends. The buffer beams are detailed with snowplows, typical for this class. Brake lines, a prototype coupler, and closed snowplows are included and can be installed on the locomotive. There is a figure of a locomotive engineer in one of the cabs. The edition is a cooperation between Märklin and PIKO.. Source: www.maerklin.de The Flagship of the FZI The locomotive decoration symbolizes in a special paint scheme the history of the Cottbus locomotive and car maintenance facility from steam locomotive overhauling to the latest facility for the complicated maintenance of the ICEs. From the Past into the Future was presented on July 8, 2021 as the freshly overhauled diesel locomotive, road number 218 497, at the Cottbus facility. The DB Locomotive/Car Maintenance, Inc. (DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung GmbH) (FZI) is listed as the owner and its future use is to be as a lease locomotive. The FZI had road number 218 497-6 given a two-part paint scheme, which symbolizes the history of the Cottbus facility from steam locomotive overhauling (black/red) to ICE maintenance (ICE white with red stripes). In the future, the DB-FZI will operate the latest and most environmentally friendly railroad maintenance for Europe in Cottbus. By 2026, a new ICE hall for maintenance and repair of the ICE 4 will be built at the current location, a hall for the conversion of diesel units to hybrid technology with electric propulsion as well as a technology center for hybrid research and modern training facilities will also be built.

Description

Class 218 Diesel Locomotive

German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) class 218 diesel locomotive, DB Locomotive/Car Maintenance, Inc. Cottbus. Diesel-hydraulic locomotive with electric train heating. Road number 218 497-6. The locomotive looks as it did starting in 2021.

The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion. All axles powered. Traction tires. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The headlights at Locomotive End 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. The cab lighting changes over with the direction of travel and can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The locomotive has separately applied metal grab irons on the sides and ends. The buffer beams are detailed with snowplows, typical for this class. Brake lines, a prototype coupler, and closed snowplows are included and can be installed on the locomotive. There is a figure of a locomotive engineer in one of the cabs.

The edition is a cooperation between Märklin and PIKO..

Source: www.maerklin.de
The Flagship of the FZI The locomotive decoration symbolizes in a special paint scheme the history of the Cottbus locomotive and car maintenance facility from steam locomotive overhauling to the latest facility for the complicated maintenance of the ICEs. 
From the Past into the Future was presented on July 8, 2021 as the freshly overhauled diesel locomotive, road number 218 497, at the Cottbus facility. The DB Locomotive/Car Maintenance, Inc. (DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung GmbH) (FZI) is listed as the owner and its future use is to be as a lease locomotive. The FZI had road number 218 497-6 given a two-part paint scheme, which symbolizes the history of the Cottbus facility from steam locomotive overhauling (black/red) to ICE maintenance (ICE white with red stripes). In the future, the DB-FZI will operate the latest and most environmentally friendly railroad maintenance for Europe in Cottbus. By 2026, a new ICE hall for maintenance and repair of the ICE 4 will be built at the current location, a hall for the conversion of diesel units to hybrid technology with electric propulsion as well as a technology center for hybrid research and modern training facilities will also be built.

MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 39187 Diesel locomotive - class 218

AN EXTRACT FROM MODEL RAIL WORKSHOP - H0 MÄRKLIN DATABASE Feel free to copy and use.....

AN EXTRACT FROM MODEL RAIL WORKSHOP - H0 MÄRKLIN DATABASE

Feel free to copy and use.....