Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class E 17 older design electric locomotive. Fictitious steel blue basic paint scheme. Road number E 17 116. The locomotive looks as it did around 1958/59.

Most Important Facts

Highlights

• Intricate metal construction.
• Digital decoder and extensive operation and sound functions included.
• A visual delight in the fictitious steel blue paint scheme.

• Product

  Model: The locomotive has a digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel. 2 axles powered. Traction tires. The cabs and the engine room has interior details. Grab irons and other details are separately applied. The roof equipment is modeled in detail. Triple headlights and two red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The headlights at Locomotive End 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. When the headlights at both ends are turned off, then the "Double 'A' Light" function is on at both ends. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. Brake hoses, heating lines, and skirting for the pilot trucks are separately included.
  Length over the buffers 18.3 cm / 7-3/16".

• Product info

  An express train passenger car set with 4 steel blue "Hecht" / "Pike" cars to go with this E 17 can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 42228 along with information about the required DC wheelsets for a wheelset exchange.

  This model can be found in an AC version in the Märklin H0 assortment under item number 37064.

• Features

  dEra III

  §DCC decoder

  `Digital decoder with up to 32 digitally controlled functions. The quantity depends on the controller being used.

  !Sound effects circuit

  PTriple headlights and two red marker lights that change over with the direction of travel.

  ZMetal locomotive frame and body

  ïMärklin close couplers in standard pocket with guide mechanism.

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