Sturdy and beautifully designed: a Queen on rails
Once upon a time, they were the queens of European railroads: The four-cylinder express locomotives from Saxony, Baden, Würtemberg, Bavaria and also from Sweden. Inspired by the German stars of the railroad, between 1914 and 1916 the Swedish State Railways (SJ) commissioned the company NOHAB to build eleven Pacific express locomotives type F. These locomotives were very similar in design to the famous type C from Würtemberg. In the design, the Swedes also paid attention to the external beauty of the model with its streamlined engine house. Soon the F-locs conquered the main main lines Stockholm – Malmö and Stockholm – Gothenburg. However, these lines were already electrified in the 1930s. The strong locomotives finally found a new home in Denmark from 1937. There they served as type E until the 1960s and the locomotives of the same type built in Denmark even longer. In their old homeland of Sweden, however, they had never forgotten the impressive type F locomotives. In 1963, the Swedish Railway Museum bought back the former F 1200. The F 1202 followed in 1999. Today, the perfectly restored locomotive can be admired at the Swedish Railway Museum in Gävle. Her colors evoke memories of her example, the queen of the railroad from Würtemberg, type C. Unfortunately, the two majestic locomotives can never meet again because all type C locomotives have been scrapped. This leaves only the Märklin model railroad on which both queens can meet in style.
Swedish State Railways (SJ) steam locomotive with trailing tender F 1200. Contemporary model, as the locomotive is currently stationed operationally in Gävle.
Imaginary modified model for version as F 1200.
Exceptionally finely detailed metal construction.
Standard built-in smoke generator.
Lighting in the driver’s compartment can be individually controlled digitally.
Flickering of the firebox can be controlled digitally.
Emergency lighting can be controlled digitally separately.
Model: Locomotive with tender built mostly of metal. With digital mfx+ decoder with extensive light and sound functions. Controlled high power drive with flywheel built into the boiler. One axle powered directly, two axles powered through connecting rods. Traction tires. Dual headlights change over with the direction of travel, will work in analog operation, can be controlled in digital operation. The emergency light on the smoke room door can be controlled digitally. In addition, the lighting of the driver’s cab and the flickering of the firebox can be controlled digitally separately. Lighting with maintenance-free, warm-white and red light-emitting diodes (LED). Factory-installed smoke generator, analog operation, digitally switchable. Adjustable, spring-loaded coupling between the locomotive and tender. There is a spring-loaded close coupler in an NEM pocket on the tender. The smallest rideable radius is 360 mm / 12-1/2″. Various separately mounted parts such as steps, brake hoses, piping, and counterfeit screw couplers are included separately. Length over the buffers 24.5 cm.
This model can be found in the DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item number 25490.
