Roco HO 7120006 High-speed steam locomotive 18 201 coil-fired DR era III AC Sound 2024 New Item

High-speed steam locomotive 18 201, coil-fired of the German State Railway.

Drive on two axles of the tender and via cardan shaft on all three locomotive driving axles.

Edition model!
Form variation!
Update!

- Prototypical implementation of the design with coal firing
- For the first time with PluX16 interface and LED lighting
- Trim line with triple tip
- Finely-detailed metal wheelsets
- Driver’s cab and valve gear lighting switchable in digital mode
- Smoke generator can be retrofitted

The Halle Research Institute needed another high-speed steam locomotive to test new passenger coaches in the 1960s. The new engine 18 201 was created from high-speed tender locomotive 61 002 and parts of high-pressure test locomotive H 25 024. The steam generator was a modified new boiler construction of the 22 class with an extended smoke chamber and Giesl ejector. The machine was equipped with a counter-pressure brake to ensure that the speed was maintained precisely when travelling at high speed. Fast travel meant up to 175 km/h, because the 18 201 was initially approved for this maximum speed – later 180 km/h – but of course only forwards.

General data

Coupling	NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism at the tender
Minimum radius	358 mm
Flywheel	yes
Number of driven axles	5
Number of axles with traction tyres	2
Article number	7120006
Scale	H0
Epoch	III
Railway Company	DR

Electrical

Smoke generator Article number (digital)	Seuthe steam unit no. 11
Smoke generator retrofittable	yes
Head light	Direction dependent triple front headlights and dual rear headlights.
LED head light	yes
Interior lighting	Yes, LED, Digital switchable, Driver's cab lighting
Control	AC
Interface	Electrical interface for traction units PluX16
Digital decoder	PluX16
Sound	yes

Measurements

Length over buffer

289 mm