SKU: 21484 LGB 21484 DR Steam Locomotive, Road Number 99 1757-6 w/Lights, Sound and Smoke

An interesting historical feature on units of the German State Railroad from the Eighties was the lack of builder’s plates. On both class 99.73-76 locomotives, builder plates constructed of brass are usually mounted on both sides in the middle of the cylinder block. Since this raw material was rather in short supply in the GDR, the plates were removed and melted. The holes for the plate screws remained visible as is done on our model too. One of the anecdotes associated with the plates was that "souvenir hunters" or so-called railroad fans took upon themselves the preventive step to save them from being scrapped...
This 51 cm / 20-1/16" model is powered by two powerful, ball bearing mounted motors. The locomotive is equipped with traction tires and an mfx/DCC decoder, which includes many light and sound functions such as headlights that change over with the direction of travel, firebox lights, cab lights, running sounds, a whistle and much more. The built-in smoke generator with steam exhaust synchronized to the wheels and cylinder steam gives the illusion perfectly of a hard-working steel beast. Many separately applied details, cab doors and a smoke box door that can be opened contribute to prototypical authenticity.