Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) class RAe
four-system electric powered rail car train, 1st class. 6 part unit
with 1 control car, 1 open seating car, 1 motor car with a galley,
1 bar car with an open seating compartment, 1 open seating car, and
1 control car. Crimson red / beige TEE basic paint scheme as RAe
TEE 1052 "Cisalpin". Used in international TEE service from Milan
via Domodossola - Simplon-Brig - Lausanne - Vallorbe - Dijon to
Paris. The train looks as it did in the mid-Seventies.
Highlights:
- Equipped with the new mfx+ digital decoder.
- Operation possible in beginner, advanced, and expert modes.
- Simulated operating supplies usage.
- Realistic running characteristics such as constant speed.
- Simulated engineer's cab in the Central Station 2 display.
- Control of the model in the cab mode by means of the touchscreen
on the Central Station 2.
- These new functions are only available in conjunction with the
Central Station 2 starting with firmware Version 3.5.
Model: The train has the new mfx+ digital decoder and extensive
sound functions mounted in the motor car. It also has controlled
high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, centrally mounted in
the motor car. 4 axles powered through cardan shafts. 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 train has factory-installed
interior lighting that can be controlled separately in digital
operation. The cab lighting in engineer's cabs 1 and 2 can each be
controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free warm
white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The train has four
different pantographs in an offset arrangement and detailed roof
equipment. The train also has separately applied metal grab irons.
The engineer's cabs and the passenger areas have interior details.
There is a special close-coupled mechanical and electrical
connection between the cars. Both end cars have pickup shoes, and
the power pickup switches automatically to the pickup shoe at the
front of the train. The ends of the train have a representation of
the Scharfenberg coupler (non-working). Minimum radius for
operation 360 mm / 14-3/16". Train length approximately 161.0 cm /
63-3/8".
One-time series.
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