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  LGB 70018 Special Starter Set, RhB Anniversary, Digital.
LGB 70018 Special Starter Set, RhB Anniversary, Digital.
Item: 70018
List: $2395.99
Price: $2,195.00
plus shipping
Inventory: This item is no longer available
 
 
This item is no longer available.
Rhaetian Railway. Model by LGB                  

RHB Starter Set, Originally exclusuive for RHB Employee's. Very Limited number avaliable world wide.  Almost gone..8/24


This is a model of the Rhaetian Railroad class Ge 4/4 II electric locomotive, road number 629, in a special paint scheme for the new construction of the Albula Tunnel in the Grisons. The paint and lettering are prototypical for Era VI. All four wheelsets are driven by two powerful Bühler motors. The locomotive has an mfx/DCC decoder with many light and sound functions. The pantographs are powered by motors and can be controlled digitally. Length over the buffers 57 cm / 22-7/16". LGB 28441 – Rhaetian Railroad Ge 4/4 II 629 Electric LocomotiveAt the end of the 1960s the Rhaetian Railroad urgently needed new electric locomotives for its core network mostly to replace old units from the period of electrification, but also to add to the roster due to increases in service. The RhB's management advisory committee decided at the beginning of September 1970 to purchase 10 modern class Ge 4/4 II thyristor locomotives with road numbers 611-620. They were built by the Swiss Locomotive and Machinery Company (SLM) in Winterthur (the mechanical part) and by Brown Boveri & Cie (BBC) in Baden (the electrical part). Their external appearance was quite similar to the standard gauge SBB class Re 4/4 II locomotives. There were by contrast clear differences in the electrical part: Phase control with controlled rectifiers built up using thyristors and diodes supplied the traction motors with pulsating direct current. A special feature was the low mounted drawbars and cable equipment to compensate for the lower weight of the trucks. Together with the ingenious control of the pulsating current traction motors, this guaranteed optimal adhesion utilization. In line with the level of technology at that time, the locomotives also had electrical resistance braking.Due to the strong growth in traffic, the RhB placed a subsequent series of 13 units in service between February of 1984 and January of 1985. This add-on series was largely identical to the first series and bore the road numbers 621-633. An add-on series of the class Ge 4/4 II allowed chiefly savings in maintenance costs and reserve parts. Several components were however adapted to the current level of technology. For the first time the locomotives had the red RhB paint scheme that is still in use today. This scheme was also applied to the green units of the first series as they came in for all the possible overhauls. Starting in 1999, new rectangular headlights were installed when locomotives came in for major maintenance, and between 2004 and 2008 all 23 units underwent a modernization program in which a modern computer-supported control technology replaced the analog control electronics. The RhB soon also recognized the potential of these locomotives as an advertising medium and a memorable advertising message has since adorned the locomotive bodies of more than half of the roster. Among them is the current Ge 4/4 II 629 that is now running as the advertising medium for the new construction of the Albula Tunnel and all the firms involved in the construction. One-time production in 2017. The running sounds will also work in analog operation.

Model: Ge 4/4 II Tiefencastel 629 with a first class passenger car Arosa and a Gourmino dining car in prototypical RhB design. The Ge 4/4 II is powered by two powerful Bühler engines across all 4 wheelsets. The locomotive is equipped with a mfx / DCC decoder with many light and sound functions. The passenger cars have an interior and interior lighting

The set also includes a complete track oval, a 36-watt switching power supply for power and the Mobile Station for controlling the RhB train.

Content: RhB Starter kit:

1 electric locomotive Ge 4/4 II,

1 passenger car 1st class RhB Arosa,

1 dining car Gourmino,

12 curved track Art. 15000,

4 straight track,

2 track clamps Art 11500

1 Mobile Station Art. 60657

1 Digital connection box Art. 60114

1 connection cable already mounted to digital connection box

1 switching power supply 36 W Art. 51090 incl. Plug adapter



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