~BR 231 Diesel DR IV Sound

Market price

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Model

Basic

Product line

PIKO Expert

Market

Market status

available

Description

Catalog description

Novelty 2024: Printed version of the DR class 231 in Era IV. Based exactly on the prototype, the model has the large front and side windows of the first delivery series. Just as typical were the separately attached handrails in front of the drivers cabs and the tidy roof. Model railway enthusiasts should also be impressed by the precisely reproduced, robust bogie detailing, which can withstand the tough everyday operating conditions on the model railway. The motor, which has two flywheels, together with the heavy die-cast zinc frame and the elegant cardan shaft drive on four axles (two wheels covered with traction tyres in a diagonal arrangement) give the model excellent running characteristics and high tractive forces. The model has a matching PSD XP sound decoder with a large loudspeaker ex works and impresses with a wide range of digital and sound functions. The model bears the fits mfx® quality mark. In order to make digital decoders reliably usable for all users of the current Märklin digital control centres, a new fits mfx® quality mark was introduced together with Märklin and other manufacturers. This can only be used by digital decoders that have undergone and fully passed a special mfx® test. These decoders and also the locomotives in which they are installed bear the fits mfx® quality mark, which certifies unrestricted mfx® functionality. This means that PIKO products with the fits mfx® logo now also fully support the diverse functions of mfx®.

Dimensions and compatibility

Scale and track

Track gauge

H0 · 16.5 mm

Dimensions

Length over buffers

237 mm

Couplers

Front coupler pocket

NEM 362

Rear coupler pocket

NEM 362

Track and curves

Minimum radius

358 mm

Drive and mechanics

Drive

Traction tyres

2

Electrics and electronics

Power supply

System

AC (three-rail)

Factory electronics

Decoder interface

PluX22

Factory decoder

Yes

Lighting

Head lights

Yes

Rear lights

Yes

Direction-dependent lights

Yes

Factory sound

Sound module

Yes