725171 - Diesel electric double locomotive D311.01, DWM
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Epoch: II |
Gauge: N |
Elect. system: 2L - Digital |
Diesel electric double locomotive D311.01 of the German Armed Forces (1933-45).
Completely new design!
■Rich detailing on the model with separately applied plug-in parts ■Large socket at each end of the locomotive ■Frame trims with 8 sandboxes each ■With blackout lamps ■Each headlight per side can be switched off separately ■Top front lamp at front and rear can be switched separately ■Switchable driver’s cab and machine room lighting ■With digitally switchable sound functions ■Large loudspeaker with resonance body for a powerful sound ■Buffer capacitor
Between 1941 and 1942, four double locomotives of the type D 311 were put into operation by the German Armed Forces. The D 311.01 a/b, also known as "Walli" was used on the Crimean peninsula. Its sister locomotive D 311.02 a/b shunted the "Dora", the most massive railway gun ever built. Locomotives D 311.03 and 04 were intended to be used with the "Heavy Gustav 2" guns and probably served in the West. A fifth and sixth double locomotive was still ordered from Krupp but could not be built anymore due to the war events.
