Prototype: Grand Ducal Baden State Railways class IVh steam locomotive. The locomotive looks as it did in 1920. Use: Premium passenger service. Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, extensive sound functions. 3 axles powered. Traction tires. The tender is constructed of metal. There is a close coupling between the locomotive and tender that can be adjusted for the radius of your curved track. A 72270 smoke generator can be installed in the locomotive. The LED dual headlights change over with the direction of travel. They and the smoke generator that can be installed in the locomotive will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. There is a close coupler with an NEM pocket and a guide mechanism on the tender. Minimum radius for operation 360 mm / 14-3/16". Length over the buffers 26.7 cm / 10-1/2". Control Unit Sx Mobile Station DCC Mobile Station 2 Central Station Headlight(s) · · · · Smoke generator contact · · · · Steam locomotive op. sounds · · · · Locomotive whistle · · · · Direct control · · · · Whistle for switching maneuver · · · Sound of squealing brakes off · · Sound of coal being shoveled · · Letting off Steam · · Grate Shaken · · Highlights: Especially finely detailed metal construction. One-time series. Baden IVh - The Complicated Beauty. In 1915, the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways ordered 20 locomotives with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement (Pacific) from Maffei in Munich in order to operate the Rhine Valley line more efficiently. This locomotive type was designated as the IVh and was planned mainly for use between Mannheim and Basle. The design was therefore laid out purely as an express locomotive for flat terrain. When the last class IVh locomotives were delivered by the builder in 1920, the Baden State Railways were already incorporated into the German State Railroad, which took all 20 locomotives into its roster as the class 18.3. These units were stationed at the maintenance facility in Offenburg and were the flagship express locomotive on the Rhine Valley line. They could often be seen pulling the German State Railroad's new luxury train, the Rheingold. Maffei designed four-cylinder compound running gear for the IVh, whose inner cylinders were positioned far to the front and gave the locomotive its unmistakable look. The tender also contributed to the characteristic look of the locomotive. It was unusually short with a truck and with two axles mounted close to one another in the frame of the tender. During its service life, the Baden IVh was not very popular with either the locomotive crews or the railroad's managers because of its complicated technology, and it was transferred in groups to North Germany until all 20 locomotives were stationed in Bremen in 1942. They were used primarily in the area of the North German flatlands, an area they were best suited for. Express train passenger cars to go with the Baden IVh are available under item no. 42765.
