MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 39228 Diesel locomotive - class 218

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KEY DATA
Product Name	39228 Diesel locomotive - class 218
Object type	Locomotive-Diesel
Product Line	Märklin Special Models
Era	1990-2006 (V)
Manufactured years	2026-2027
Text on object	DB
Number on object	218 140-2
Classification	Class 218
Type of housing	Metal
Length	18,9 cm
Technology	Digital MFX+
Nationality	Germany
Railway company	- DB (Deutsche Bahn 1994-YTD)
Märklin RRP (Year)	359€ (2026)
Url to Märklin	Klick to GoTo www.maerklin.de

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Description
Diesel Locomotive German Federal Railroad (DB) class 218 diesel locomotive. Pure orange/light gray basic paint scheme. The loco looks as it did starting in 1985. The loco has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has a controlled, high-performance motor with a flywheel, centrally mounted. All four axles driven. Traction tires. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, work conventionally, and can be controlled digitally. Headlights at no. 1 and no. 2 loco ends can be turned off separately in digital operation. There is a double “A” light function. The cab lighting, which changes over with the direction of travel, and the engine room lighting can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. A buffer capacitor is fitted. The locomotive has separately applied metal grab irons on the sides and ends. The buffer height conforms to NEM specifications. Brake lines and screw couplers are included as parts that can be applied separately. Source: www.maerklin.de: Branch lines have been the problem children of the railroad from the very beginning. In 1984 the German Federal Railroad undertook a new approach on lesser used routes to gain attractiveness. The project ran under the name City Bahn and the first route selected for it was: Cologne – Gummersbach. Silverlinge coaches of the latest type were used as rolling stock. A train cafe was set up in one car, and the cars were painted externally in the color scheme of the S-Bahn Rhein/Ruhr. The locomotives were adapted in their paint scheme to the cars to achieve a high level of recognition for the City Bahn. On the route Cologne – Gummersbach the motive power was class 218 diesel locomotives. Thanks to the City Bahn the railroad was able to register a clear growth in passengers, and this resulted from the dense, regular schedule. The City Bahn concept has undoubtedly spurred service on S-Bahn routes threatened with abandonment until it could be replaced by the successor, the City Express.

Description

Diesel Locomotive

German Federal Railroad (DB) class 218 diesel locomotive. Pure orange/light gray basic paint scheme.  The loco looks as it did starting in 1985.

The loco has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has a controlled, high-performance motor with a flywheel, centrally mounted. All four axles driven. Traction tires. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, work conventionally, and can be controlled digitally. Headlights at no. 1 and no. 2 loco ends can be turned off separately in digital operation. There is a double “A” light function. The cab lighting, which changes over with the direction of travel, and the engine room lighting can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. A buffer capacitor is fitted. The locomotive has separately applied metal grab irons on the sides and ends. The buffer height conforms to NEM specifications.  Brake lines and screw couplers are included as parts that can be applied separately.

Source: www.maerklin.de:
Branch lines have been the problem children of the railroad from the very beginning. In 1984 the German Federal Railroad undertook a new approach on lesser used routes to gain attractiveness. The project ran under the name City Bahn and the first route selected for it was: Cologne – Gummersbach. Silverlinge coaches of the latest type were used as rolling stock. A train cafe was set up in one car, and the cars were painted externally in the color scheme of the S-Bahn Rhein/Ruhr. The locomotives were adapted in their paint scheme to the cars to achieve a high level of recognition for the City Bahn. On the route Cologne – Gummersbach the motive power was class 218 diesel locomotives. Thanks to the City Bahn the railroad was able to register a clear growth in passengers, and this resulted from the dense, regular schedule. The City Bahn concept has undoubtedly spurred service on S-Bahn routes threatened with abandonment until it could be replaced by the successor, the City Express.

MÄRKLIN PRODUCT: 39228 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.....