Roco HO 71388 Steam locomotive 38 3553 DB era III DC 2025 New Item

Steam locomotive 38 3553 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Edition model!

- Finely detailed model with many separately applied plug-in parts
- 3-dome boiler with feedwater dome, sandbox and steam dome
- Wheels with fine spokes
- Version with riveted tender and Witte smoke deflectors
- Based at the depots BD Wuppertal and Bw Bestwig
- Two taillights only on the tender
- Driver's cab and engine lighting installed; can be switched in digital operation
- With authentic dynamic steam from the chimney

The class 38 steam locomotives with their riveted tenders and Witte smoke deflectors were a familiar sight on German branch lines for a long time. They mostly hauled passenger trains and were irreplaceable in local transport for a long time. It was only in the increasing modernisation of the Deutsche Bundesbahn that diesel and electric locomotives replaced them.

General data

Coupling	In-house produced coupling and close coupling mechanism
Minimum radius	358 mm
Flywheel	yes
Number of driven axles	2
Number of axles with traction tyres	2
Article number	71388
Scale	H0
Epoch	III
Railway Company	DB

Electrical

Switchable smoke generator	yes
Head light	Both sides of the vehicle are equipped with direction dependent triple headlights.
LED head light	yes
Interior lighting	Yes, LED, Digital switchable, Driver's cab lighting
Control	DC Digital
Interface	Electrical interface for traction units PluX22
Digital decoder	PluX22
Sound	yes
Buffer capacitor	yes

Measurements

Length over buffer

214 mm