PIKO | HO scale (1:87) | steam locomotive

BR 78 (DB) Steam Locomotive, Era IV
Plux22 DCC/Sound

This striking steam locomotive with a two-light headlight signal impresses with its outstanding detailing and comes with a large number of extra parts, including many fine lines, bell, whistle, steps to the buffer beam, ladders, hand rods, heating lines, and sand pipes. The fine spoked wheels, the filigree control system as well as the lovingly designed cab interior make the locomotive an eye-catcher. The PIKO BR 93 is also technically up to date and features cab lighting and an LED head signal. The sound version of the BR 93.0 of the DB has a PSD S SoundDecoder ex works and is also already equipped with a smoke set. As another highlight, the BR 93 features PIKO TrainSound® onboard.

PIKO | HO scale (1:87) | steam locomotive

BR 93 (DB) Steam Locomotive, Era IV
Plux22 DCC/Sound

This striking steam locomotive with a two-light headlight signal impresses with its outstanding detailing and comes with a large number of extra parts, including many fine lines, bell, whistle, steps to the buffer beam, ladders, hand rods, heating lines, and sand pipes. The fine spoked wheels, the filigree control system as well as the lovingly designed cab interior make the locomotive an eye-catcher. The PIKO BR 93 is also technically up to date and features cab lighting and an LED head signal. The sound version of the BR 93.0 of the DB has a PSD S SoundDecoder ex works and is also already equipped with a smoke set. As another highlight, the BR 93 features PIKO TrainSound® onboard.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 75.4 steam tank locomotive (former Baden VI c). Version with dual headlights, smoke box door with central locking, and riveted water tanks. Road number 75 407. The locomotive looks as it did around 1953. Era III

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 094 (former class 94.5-17) steam freight tank locomotive, with a bell and a feed water heater on the top of the boiler as well as older design buffers. Road number 094 232-6. The locomotive looks as it did around 1969 in Crailsheim. Era IV

- Main Catalog H0 2020/2021

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 78 (former Prussian class T18) steam tank locomotive. Version with three boiler domes (D-D-S), and a rectangular sand dome. Riveted water tanks, cab roof with a rectangular top part, triple headlights with DB Reflex glass lamps. Road number 78 507. Based in Essen. The locomotive looks as it did around 1965.

- Main Catalog H0 2021/2022

Converted to a Tank Locomotive
The prototype is a symbol for the German Federal Railroad's thoughts about reawakening and its willingness to experiment at a time when it was still new. Theoretically well thought out but not feasible practically, the two class 78.10 locomotives remained the only ones of their type.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) steam locomotive, road number 78 1002, 4-6-4T design with a type 2T17 two-axle short tender. Version with triple headlights as it looked around 1958. Era III.

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Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 038 steam locomotive with a tender. Former Prussian P8. Version with triple headlights, two boiler domes, bell, standard Prussian cab, Witte smoke deflectors, coal tender addition, and inductive magnet. Road number 038 382-8. The locomotive looks as it did around 1970/71. Era IV

- Main Catalog H0 2023/2024

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 56.2-8 steam freight locomotive. Rebuilt Prussian G 8.1 with a pilot truck. German State Railroad lanterns on the locomotive and tender, without a bell. Type 3T 16,5 coal tender. Road number 56 814. The locomotive looks as it did starting in 1950 at the Nördlingen maintenance facility.

- Main Catalog H0 2021/2022

By the end of DB steam locomotive operation, road number 44 1315 (starting in 1968: 043 315), an oil-fired freight locomotive carried on its service without hesitation, finally at Emden pulling mostly heavy ore trains in the Emsland area. Even on October 26, 1977 – the last day of DB steam locomotive operation – it showed one more time what it could do. Towards two in the afternoon, it was pulling one of those famous 4,000 metric ton ore trains under the gaze of a large number of photographers from the ore station to the Emden freight yard. On September 12, 2018, it moved back up to a star position, when it moved in as a tremendous spectacle and to the applause of numerous onlookers as a new landmark of the Märklineum in Göppingen.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 038 steam locomotive with a tender. Former Prussian P8. Version with triple headlights, two boiler domes, bell, standard Prussian cab, Witte smoke deflectors, coal tender addition, and inductive magnet. Road number 038 382-8. The locomotive looks as it did around 1970/71. Era IV

Prototype: French East Railroad (EST) class 13 (241-A) heavy express train steam locomotive with a tender. Black basic paint scheme with a black frame. Version as a locomotive for the "L'Edelweiss" express train passenger car set. Changes to the smoke deflectors specific to the type. Dual headlights with kerosene lamps, with one lamp above and one lamp below. Road number EST 241 004. The locomotive looks as it did around 1931. Era II

The Belgian king with mighty power

Undoubtedly, the mighty class 1 Pacific locomotives formed the high point of Belgian steam locomotive building. Between 1935 and 1938, 35 units were built as road numbers 1.001-1.035. Their very successful external shape clearly characterized their mighty power. They were used mostly pulling heavy express trains on the route Oostende – Brussels – Liège – Aachen and on the route from Brussels via Arlon to Luxembourg City with an average speed of 80 or even 100 km/h / 50 or even 63 mph. With a performance of 3,400 horsepower, an axle load of 22 metric tons, and a maximum speed of 120 km/h / 75 mph, they occupied a position of honor in international comparisons.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 52 heavy freight locomotive, with a type 2´2´T30 tub-style tender. Black/red basic paint scheme. Witte smoke deflectors with a kinked upper edge. The pilot truck wheelset includes solid wheels. Locomotive road number 52 1530. The locomotive looks as it did around 1951/52.