H0 Expert Steam Locomotive class 003 DB IV #50680
16.10.2023 H0 Expert Steam Locomotive class 003 DB IV #50680
The 003 rolls up! The light standard express locomotive - as an H0 model from PIKO
50680 Steam Locomotive class 003 DB era IV 349,00 €
50681 ~Steam Locomotive class 003 DB era IV 399,00 €
50682 Steam Locomotive class 003 DB era IV, PIKO TrainSound® Onboard 459,00 €
50683 ~Steam Locomotive class 003 DB era IV PIKO TrainSound® Onboard 459,00 €
The advantages of the models in key points
- Completely new construction
- Freestanding mounted pipes, bell and whistle
- Filigree designed undercarriage lighting
- Silky smooth driving characteristics
- Highest model quality with best operational suitability
- Fine metal spoke wheels
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Some information about the prototype and model
For use on lines with a maximum wheelset load of 18 t, a total of 298 class 03 standard express locomotives were built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn between 1930 and 1938. The design was based on the class 01, whose wheelset running mass was more than 20 t. To reduce the overall mass, the class 03 had a lighter ingot frame and a smaller boiler and cylinder. While the first 122 machines were initially approved for a maximum speed of 120 km/h, this was 130 km/h for the later units ex works. In 1959, the DB's stock comprised a total of 145 examples of the class 03. Nine years later, this had been reduced to 45 of the locomotives now designated as class 003, the last three of which were finally z-delivered in 1972. The last of the 86 machines stationed with the DR, some of which had been reconstructed, were in service until 1979. After the Second World War, 36 locomotives entered the stock of the Polish state railway PKP and were managed there as Pm2.
Our prototype: Locomotive 003 088-2, Bw Ulm, Rev-date 12.9.66
With the 03, a special machine rolls into the PIKO range. The high slender boiler and the airy bar frame with a clear view also characterise the silhouette of the machine in the model. The filigree chassis with fine spokes and very plastic balance weights looks particularly graceful. The new construction has matching add-on parts such as bells, pumps and lamps. Numerous attached boiler pipes complete the outer impression, as do the fine metal wheels. The drive including flywheel mass accommodated in the tender ensures ideal driving characteristics. The factory digital versions of the model have switchable lighting in the engine and on the driver's cab, as well as a red flickering LED in the firebox area. These functions can also be used by retrofitting a decoder to the PluX22 interface. The sound versions also have a steam generator ex works. The Expert Plus model of the engine also features a pulsed evaporator that is controlled wheel-synchronously.
The BR 003 is an example of the highest art of model building and thanks to the numerous, filigree details it becomes a special eye-catcher on every model railway layout of era IV!
16.10.2023 Productmanagement