The brand Piko provides under the rérence 50500, the Locomotive à steam class 98, in version analogue continuous current 2-rail, à l'échelle HO 1/87 ème.
The general characteristics of Piko rolling stock reference 50500:
- 188 mm long, DC-powered electric train compatible with HO miniature railways.
- This model is built from plastic materials and offered in its analogue version.
- This little train, registration number 98 003, was put into service by the German railway company DB during period III.
About Deutsche Bundesbahn:
The Deutsche Bundesbahn, more commonly known as the; DB , was the railway company of the Federal German State Railways which grew out of the Deutche Reichsbahn (DRG) which was located in the bi-zone (American and British occupation zone), created in 1949.
The SWDE (railway in the French occupation zone) became part of Deutsche Bundesbahn on 1 July 1952.