Diesel locomotive class Y 8400 of the French State Railways.
■ Model with digital shunting couplers. More play fun
guaranteed!
■ Long front hood and gear block made of die cast metal, therefore
more dead weight and high tractive power
■ Prototypical light and sound functions using on-board switchable
decoder
■ Finely detailed model with many plug-in parts and freestanding
handrails
■ Prototypical light and sound functions
In July 1977, the Moyse factory rolled out the first shunting
locomotive Y 8001 (in France named "Locotracteur") which was
designed for shunting operations at stations, marshalling yards,
construction sites and repair workshops of the SNCF. Since they
were stronger and longer than their predecessors, the Y 8000
locomotives were also able to replace locomotives which hauled
light freight trains.
The model can only be operated to a limited extent with analogue
driving devices.
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