FD 226 Express Train Car Set for the Class 01

Prototype

2 four-axle express train cars type AB4ü-28, 1st/2nd class, standard design 1928 to 1930 (Application Group 29), 1 type PwPost4ü-28 four-axle baggage and mail car. German State Railroad Company (DRG). Both cars in a brownish green basic paint scheme. Long distance express train FD 226 with train route Berlin-Hannover-Hamm-Wuppertal/Elberfeld-Cologne. The cars look as they did in the Mid-Thirties.

Highlights

• New tooling for the type PwPost4ü-28 baggage and mail car in scale length.
• Long distance express train FD 226 for the anniversary “100th Anniversary of the Class 01 Standard Design Locomotive”.
• Train route: Berlin-Hannover-Hamm-Wuppertal/Elberfeld-Cologne.
• All the cars include factory-installed LED interior lighting and a buffer capacitor.
• Current-conducting close coupler heads between the individual cars.
• Interior details in multiple colors on the passenger seating cars.
• Separately applied ladders on the ends of the cars.
• Separately applied grab irons at the entry doors.
• Buffer height conforms to the NEM.

Model

The cars have detailed construction and are full scale length. The minimum radius for operation is 360 mm / 14-3/16″. The trucks are type Görlitz II heavy. The car ends have separately applied ladders and separately applied grab irons. The passenger cars have interior details in multiple colors. All the cars have factory-installed LED interior lighting, with warm white LEDs and buffer capacitors. There is one express train car 1st/2nd class with a pickup shoe for current pickup, and it provides power to the entire car consist using the factory-installed current-conducting close coupler heads. A permanently defined car order is prescribed for this purpose. The normal new close coupler heads for lower buffer heights are used at both ends of the car consist. Buffer heights on all the cars conform to the NEM. Total length over the buffers approximately 76.2 cm / 30″.

The class 01 express steam locomotive to go with these cars is offered under item number 39003 in the Märklin H0 assortment.

This express train car set can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 23650.