The brand Trix proposes under the reference 25241, the express train steam engine class 13 EST with tender in the scale&strong> HO 1/87th, registered 241-004.
General characteristics of the Steam Express Class 13 EST :
- Technology: Digital sound smoke.
- Operation : Continuous current 2 rails.
- Company : SNCF.
- Era : II.
- Length excluding buffers: 304 mm.
- Minimum curve radius: 437.5 mm.
- Registration number: 241 002.
- Delivered: Black and red.
Technical characteristics of the model:
- Smoke generator reference 72270 equipped as standard.
- Equipped with a MFX decoder +.
- High-performance regulated motor with inertia flywheel in the boiler.
- Features many sound and light functions.
- Metal body and chassis.
- 4 motorised axles with traction banding.
- Hitch with short kinematics to NEM standard.
Electronic features of the Trix rolling stock:
- Driver's cab lighting in digital mode.
- Lighting provided by light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
- Features a LED lantern with two front and rear lights, with inversion depending on the direction of travel.
Supplementary information:
- Includes: brake hoses, heater fitting, dummy screw fitting.
To form your passenger train:
You will also find this motive power unit in a 3 rail alternating current version under reference 39244from manufacturer MARKLIN.
Presentation of the Steam Locomotive Express Class 13 EST :
This engine was put into service in the early 1920s by the French railway company EST. This company had an urgent need to move their "heavy" express trains operating on the Paris - Belfort - Basle line.
These locomotives could reach a maximum speed of 120 km/h, and pull a train weighing up to 700 tonnes (a speed of 115 km/h was required, thus a continuous power of 2,720 horsepower).
A project was also envisaged, which aimed to pull an 800-tonne train at a speed of 80 km/h while developing a power of 3,540 horsepower.
