Trix 16521 – Class 52.80 Steam Locomotive

Description

Prototype: German State Railroad (DR) steam locomotive, road number 52 8154-8 (2-10-0 wheel arrangement), with a type 2´2´ T 30 tub-style tender. The locomotive looks as did around 1987. Use: Heavy freight trains and commuter passenger trains.

Highlights

• Metal construction.
• Motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel.
• Steam locomotive sound.
• Running gear lights.

Product description

Model: The locomotive and tender are constructed of die-cast metal. There is a motor with a bell-shaped armature and a flywheel built into the boiler. 5 axles powered using side rods. Traction tires. The locomotive has a built-in mfx/DCC digital decoder and a sound generator. The locomotive and tender are close coupled. Dual headlights, running gear lights, and cab lighting are warm white LEDs. The triple headlights will work in analog operation. There is an NEM coupler pocket on the end of the tender.

Length over the buffers 145 mm / 5-11/16″.

Publications

– Neuheiten-Prospekt Minitrix 2024

Prototype information

The class 52.80 came out of the class 52 wartime locomotive as part of the GDR’s German State Railroad reconstruction program. Starting in 1960 new design boilers with mixing preheaters from the class 50.35 were installed in 200 units at German State Railroad repair facilities. These “Reko” locomotives turned in good results well into the Eighties and were the backbone of steam operation in the GDR. After the end of the steam locomotive period (on the DR 1987) several units also remained preserved and are still in use on museum railways.

Features

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