steam loco 78 395 DR DC/AC Digital Sound

Brand
ESU
gauge
HO gauge	16,5mm
power supply
DC
AC
product type
steam loco
technical & model details
special features	PowerPack Storage Capacitor
running number	78 395
friction tires	ja
interior lighting	driver cab and driver desk
interior details	Führerstand
couplers	NEM 362 coupler pocket, short coupling mechanism, bracket couplings
light	3-light peak signal & 2 tail lights, changing with direction of travel
scale	1:87
with motor	5-pin
smoke generator	ja
flywheel	ja
Age notice	not suitable under 14 years
digital & sound
factory fitted Digital Sound
country
Germany	DR
era (continental)
era III (1949-1970)

Model: HO gauge DC / AC. Chassis, frame, water boxes and smoke chamber made of metal, bell-armature motor with flywheel, PowerPack storage capacitor for uninterrupted power supply, clocked double smoke generator for sensor-controlled smoke emission and cylinder steam synchronous to the locomotive sound, chassis lighting, digitally remote-controlled couplings.

Prototype: The T18 developed at the Vulcan locomotive factory in Stettin was based on the request of several Prussian railway departments for a tank locomotive that should be able to reach at least 90 km/h forwards and backwards. The T18, built in 462 units by various manufacturers between 1912 and 1927, is considered the most successful state railway passenger train tender locomotive and was used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn DR until 1972 and by the Deutsche Bundesbahn DB even until 1974. The symmetrical chassis enabled equally good driving characteristics in both directions; the boiler, which essentially came from the G8, had already proven its suitability at the start of production of the T18. With an output of 1,140 hp and a top speed of 90 km/h, increased to 100 km/h from the eleventh machine delivered, the locomotives were also used on light express trains. Shortly after the Second World War, the German Federal Railroad (DB) resumed testing with pushed trains (pull trains) in order to shorten the turning times of local trains. To this end, several of the 424 locomotives remaining at the DB were equipped with indirect push-pull train control from Hagenuk. While the train was being pushed, the locomotive driver sat in the control car and transmitted the driving commands via a command device to the stoker on the locomotive, who operated the controller. As soon as the locomotive driver initiated braking, the controller was automatically closed using compressed air from the control car. Later, the push-pull train control was removed from most 78.0-5s and the locomotives were used again in light passenger and freight train service. The DB brought its Prussians together in Baden-Württemberg in the early 1970s. After the Second World War, the GDR's Deutsche Reichsbahn was able to rely on 53 class 78 locomotives. In order to improve the locomotive driver's view, some machines at the Stralsund depot were equipped with small smoke deflectors.