Fleischmann HO 4236: DB AG Class 218.3 Diesel loco: Era 5: REDUCED

Diesel loco of the DB AG in traffic red livery, class 218.3

The Model:
Super-detailling, -livery and -lettering. Inset windows. Interior details in driver’s cab. Loco driver in cab 1. Cast metal chassis. Motor with flywheel. With standard NEM 651 socket for installation of a decoder. Drive on 4 wheels of which 2 are fitted with traction tyres. Triple headlights at each end, co-ordinated with direction of travel. Automatic PROFI-Couplings with pre-uncoupling at each end. Standard NEM 362 coupling socket. Epoch V. Installation of the light change unit 66540 (digital running) is possible.

Based on:
The colour Traffic red (RAL 3020) is gradually being carried by most of the diesel locos of the Deutsche Bahn A.G. (German Railways). One of the first is the 218 356-4 from the depot Mühldorf, the prototype of the FLEISCHMANN model. With black bogies, her basalt grey frame and traffic red bodywork, she looks particularly attractive.