Item no.: Fulgurex-2268/3
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- Description
| Brand | |
| Fulgurex | |
| gauge | |
| HO gauge | 16,5mm |
| power supply | |
| DC | |
| product type | |
| electric train | |
| technical & model details | |
| special features | Handmade brass model |
| running number | 18517 |
| light | Light change based on the Swiss model |
| limited & exclusive editions | x |
| scale | 1:87 |
| with motor | yes |
| Age notice | not suitable under 14 years |
| digital & sound | |
| factory fitted Digital | |
| country | |
| Switzerland | SBB |
| era (continental) | |
| era II (1920-1950) | |
| era III (1949-1970) | |
Built entirely by hand from brass, these locomotives are extremely detailed. All doors, cargo hold, etc. must be opened. The interior is also reproduced in detail. Lighting and driving characteristics can be controlled digitally (ESU V5.0 installed as standard). Fulgurex produces this baggage railcar in a very limited series of only 170 machines in the different versions.
Prototype: New locomotives were needed for regional traffic in the 1920s. In 1927/28, a total of 24 type Fe 4/4 (F for type baggage car) baggage railcars, later as De 4/4 from 1963, were ordered. The carriages were renumbered and rebuilt several times. The vehicles were also used as "Seetalbahn", with the 800 numbering.
The structure of these railcars initially consisted of a wooden construction (box) and was intended exclusively for commuter trains with mail and luggage transport. A very well-known version of these commuter trains were the so-called "worker Pulman trains", which from 1929 were used for local traffic around the Zurich region with blue and white "Zürcher livery". One vehicle (Fe 4/4 no. 813, or De 4/4 no. 1673) was also used on the BT (Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn). An early version of this baggage car (no 1679 in green) is maintained as a "Historical Vehicle". There is a "Zurich" version in the Swiss Museum of Transport.
Accessories
Antonio Giansanti Coluzzi, a collector of tin railways founded the model railway shop Fulgurex in Switzerland in 1947. It also became the official distributor of the VB brand. In 1962, the production of their own brass models began in cooperation with Tenshodo.
The first model produced was a steam locomotive 141 R in H0 gauge. In the following years, Fulgurex brought further models in gauges 0; 1 and N onto the market.
Fulgurex has always been known for its finely detailed handcrafted locomotives.