Steam Locomotive BR 01 DB Digital BAS+ Road no.: 01 173 Item no. 40904 20 Delivery date: Q II / 2020 Item no. 40905 20 Delivery date: Q II / 2020 Item no. 40906 Delivery date: Q II / 2020 Item no. 40907 Delivery date: Q II / 2020 275,3 MODEL DETAILS Boiler, driver's cab and tender made of high-quality, impact-resistant plastic Perforated underframe and spoked wheels in die-cast zinc Smoke generator and sound decoder, either built in or as a retrofit option Illuminated driver's cab True-to epoch lighting, multipart lamp housing Standard shaft rear with link guide Close coupling between locomotive and tender Perfectly replicated back boilerplate Finest paintwork and printing Lines and extra mounted parts in minimum material thickness Extra mounted steps Drive in the tender Single axle bearing True-to-scale details Epoch-typical toe bearing Many extra mounted parts 1000 mm leading wheels Cast discharge boxes on the cylinders Valve gear holder in welded design Tender 2'2' T34 NAVIGABLE MINIMUM RADIUS: The models of BR 01 are technically suitable for R 360. For best driving characteristics we recommend the use on R 420. OVERVIEW OF TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS Light change Fire flickering Driver cabin lighting 1) 1) Engine lighting Smoke generator Digital interface PluX22 PluX22 PluX22 PluX22 Decoder Sound 1) function only available in digital mode INFO ABOUT THE ORIGINAL The Kassel-based Henschel Company delivered the 01 173 locomotive to the Göttingen P railway depot under the works serial number 22721 in 1936. In addition to the North-South route, the Göttinger 01 also operatedon routes to the west and east and turned around in Berlin and Osnabrück. The 01 173 was not in operation at the end of the war and its association to a railway depot is unknown. It was only restored in 1948and then moved to Cologne operating railway station via Hagen Eckesey. Except for a brief loan to Osnabrück, it remained here for almost twenty years, although it was located at the Deutzerfeld railway depot from1964. The “Cologne 01” vehicles travelled along the Rhine from Ludwigshafen and Mannheim to Arnhem and Hamm as well as to Kassel and Osnabrück. In 1967, the locomotive relocated to Hof, the last 01 stronghold.It was here that the “Ulmer Eisenbahn Freunde e.V. (UEF)” [Ulm Railway Friends Association] noticed the locomotive in 1973. The association tried all Hofer 01 vehicles as part of their search for a larger clubsteam locomotive. The locomotive’s good general condition saved it from the cutting torch. The UEF used it for numerous special train journey up until 1975 when it was replaced by a 01 1066 as a result of laboriousboiler work. Today, the 01 173 is owned by the “Freunde und Förderer des Deutschen Technikmuseums Berlin e.V.” [Friends and Sponsors of the German Museum of Technology, Berlin] and is currently being restored toan operative condition under museum-based aspect in cooperation with the UEF Historischer Dampfschnellzug e.V. [UEF Historical Steam Express Train Association].
