MiniTrix 16630 N Scale Class 01 Steam Locomotive

MiniTrix 16630 N Scale Class 01 Steam Locomotive

A Railroad Star with a Short Tender
An icon of German railroad history is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2025, because the first unit of the legendary class 01 was built at the famous Borsig locomotive plant in Berlin in 1925. The German Federal Railroad still assumed ownership of 166 units after the war. These elegant and reliable Pacifics then left their mark on the Economic Miracle and for a long time on express train service in West Germany. Until well into the Sixties, these 2,000 horsepower and up to 130 km/h / 81 mph fast racers were at home on many main lines. When delivered many of these ultramodern locomotives at that time had a type 2'2 T30 short tender, since at the end of the Twenties there were still numerous short turntables present from the provincial railroad era. On the German Federal Railroad, the long type 2'2 T34 was a standard, which with a water capacity of 34 cubic meters / 1,200 cubic feet enabled more flexible use. There were, however, exceptions. Short tenders ran for a long time with the class 01 units at the maintenance facilities of Osnabrück and Rheine. They ran in regular schedules to Dutch border stations. There no more large turntables were built due to the early electrification of the main lines so that only the DB express locomotives with short tenders could be turned. Starting in the mid-Sixties these services were converted to diesel motive power and most of the "short" class 01 units were given large tenders. This was the case with road number 01 058, which was reassigned to Hof in 1964 and retired there four years later after 40 years of service.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 01 express steam locomotive, road number 01 058, with a type 2'2 T30 short tender. The locomotive looks as it did around 1963. Version with older design boiler, closed front skirting, and "Witte" smoke deflectors.

Highlights
Type 2'2 T30 short tender.
Smoke box door can be opened.
Running gear lights.

Product description
Model: The type 2'2 T30 short tender is new tooling. The locomotive features a locomotive and tender frame as well as a tender body constructed of die-cast metal. The locomotive has a built-in digital decoder and a sound generator with the formats mfx and DCC. The motor and gear drive are in the tender, and 3 axles are powered. Traction tires. There is firebox flickering using processor-controlled LEDs (red/orange). The locomotive has triple headlights, cab lighting, and running gear lights with warm white LEDs. The smoke box door can be opened. The tender has an NEM coupler pocket on the rear. Length over the buffers 146 mm / 5-3/4".
Retrofit kit for brakeman's steps, rail guards, and piston rod protective sleeves included.