Description
Öchsle Railroad narrow gauge steam locomotive. Road number 99 716 is a narrow-gauge steam locomotive with ten driving wheels still currently in use. It runs on the Öchsle Museum Railroad between Warthausen and Ochsenhausen. Since the Fifties the ladder has been permanently mounted on the left side of road number 99 716.
Highlights
- Driven by two powerful motors.
- Articulated running gear, guaranteeing operation on R1 curves with a radius of 600 mm / 23-5/8".
- Steam exhaust synchronized with the wheels.
- Cylinder steam.
- Digitally controlled running gear lights.
- Digitally controlled cab lighting.
- Digitally controlled flickering of the boiler fire in the firebox.
- Smoke box can be opened with indicated interior details of the smoke box.
This is a model of an Öchsle Railroad narrow gauge steam locomotive. The paint scheme and lettering are prototypical for Era VI. Two powerful motors drive the locomotive. The locomotive has an mfx/DCC decoder with many light and sound functions such as headlights that change over with the direction of travel, firebox lighting, cab lighting, running sounds, whistle, and much more. The locomotive has a built-in smoke generator with smoke exhaust synchronized with the wheels. The locomotive has many separately applied details and cab doors and a smoke box door that can be opened. For transport reasons the ladder is included for installation. Length over the buffers 41 cm / 16-1/8".