Steam locomotive class 18.4 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
Edition model!
Drive on two axles of the tender and via cardan shaft on all three
drive axles of the locomotive.
■ Driver's cab with DB-logo
■ Silver boiler rings and plunger buffers with white buffer
rings
■ Air and feed pump
■ Braking shoes follow the wheel arches exactly
■ Filigree metal spoke wheels
■ Driving wheels with fine-scale profile
■ With set of etched signs included
■ Smoke generator retrofittable
WHAT IF...?
The Bavarian S 3/6, often referred to as the "Queen of steam
locomotives", bore the brunt of the German express train traffic
until the introduction of class 01. Not only did it continue to be
built until after 1931, but also because it could cope with long
runs that class 01 could not do without being "slimmed-down". And
if anyone thinks that a Bavarian locomotive only ran in Bavaria
during the Bundesbahn era, they are mistaken. The Bavarian
locomotives hauled pretty much all the trains that belonged to the
crème de la crème. Although most of the S 3/6s of series a to c
were scrapped in 1950, it seems realistic that one of these
legendary express locomotives, like some of its younger sisters,
got hold of a DB-Keks and continued to be cherished as an
irreplaceable machine by a committed locomotive crew.
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