Marklin 26619 Spalter Bockl Train Set Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has a miniature motor in the boiler. 2 axles powered. Traction tires. Triple headlights change with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. A buffer capacitor is included. The operating, current-conducting coupler can be controlled digitally. The inner boiler is constructed of metal. The body is constructed of metal-impregnated plastic for improved pulling power. There are numerous separately applied handrails and grab irons. Boiler appliances and other details are intricately modelled. Length over the buffers approximately 8.0 cm / 3-1/8". Both passenger cars and the mail car have factory-installed LED interior lighting with buffer capacitors and operating, current-conducting couplers. Current is supplied to the cars using the locomotive. Total length over the buffers approximately 50 cm / 19-11/16". Highlights: Locomotive includes a digitally controlled, current-conducting coupler Locomotive includes a buffer capacitor to bridge over short areas without current Triple headlights included Large, central bell included Passenger cars include factory-installed LED interior lighting and buffer capacitors Locomotive body constructed of metal-impregnated plastic Extensive sound functions included mfx+ digital decoder included This model can be found in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 21229. This model is being produced in a one-time series only for the Marklin Dealer Initiative (MHI). Prototype Information: It was once in use all over Bavaria: The "Bockerl"or in Franconian German called the "Bockl", rustic local railroad trains that opened up the flat country with small steam locomotives and good old wooden class cars. In order to make the costly steam operations there as rational as possible, the thrifty Royal Bavarian State Railways developed a quite special locomotive class around 1900. It had a large cab with many windows and a half self-supporting pellet firing for single man operation. These locomotives designated as the "Glaskasten" or "Glass Box" locomotives. They turned in very good results and were soon found on many Bavarian branch lines. They were also found on the "Spalter Bockl", a seven kilometer / a 4.37 mile line in the Franconian hops country stretching from Georgensgmünd Spalt. This "Bockl" native was like its engineer of many years Karl Ammon deeply rooted in the population. According to legends, Ammon is supposed to have even stood on the front "balcony" of his Glaskasten to convey manure to his fields along the railroad. The Märklin model railroaders will certainly not do this with the new detailed "Bockl" train. However, it illustrates perfectly a romantic episode in German railroad history, which came to an end irrevocably in 1962 with the retirement of the last Glaskasten, road number 98 307. Warning: Adults only.
