PIKO ~HO 97455 D&RGW Krauss-Maffei ML4002 AC Sound mfx

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Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad 

This is a 3 rail AC model for Marklin digital system.

 

 

Item number: 97452
EAN: 4015615974550
Sound yes/no: and
WEEE registration number: FROM 24216800
type of current: Alternating current
railway administration: D&RGW
kind of measurement: LüP / Length over buffers
measurement: 231
minimum radius: 358
digital interface: 658 PluX22
Built-in decoder: PluX22 Sound Decoder
Sound: PIKO sound decoder factory fitted
directional lights: Direction-dependent light change white / red

The prototype:
In the early 1960s, American railroad companies D&RGW and SP were looking for more
powerful diesel locomotives to haul heavy freight trains on their lines traversing the
Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada.
Current units from EMD did not meet what SP and Rio Grande were looking for, so both
railroads approached Germany’s Krauss-Maffei about building high-horsepower diesel-hydraulic locomotives. Krauss-Maffei answered the call with their ML4000 diesel-hydraulic locomotives. Hydraulic power transmission, which was not common in the US, not only provided the required power but enabled better traction and a higher power-to-weight ratio.

With a rated output of 4000 hp, the six-axle ML 4000s were the most powerful single-frame diesel locomotives of their time. The D&RGW and the SP initially ordered three
engines apiece, which were exported to the USA in 1961. While still making frequent
modifications to these initial „Prototype“ units, SP placed an order with KM in 1963 for 15 mechanically similar but very different looking „Series“ units. The Rio Grande units were sold to the SP in 1964. Southern Pacific’s KraussMaffei units remained in service until 1968.

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System: AC
Sound: Y
Country: USA
Era: IV
Railroad: D&RGW
EAN: 4015615974550
Availability: In Stock

Regular price $379.00 USD
Regular price Sale price $379.00 USD