88976 Track Z, Steam Locomotive 044 389-5, VI.

Track Z, Steam Locomotive 044 389-5, VI.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 044 heavy freight locomotive. Version with coal firing (type 2´2´T34 tender) and Witte smoke deflectors. Used for heavy freight trains. The locomotive looks as it did around 2022, road number 044 389-5, memorial locomotive in Altenbeken.

Model:

This model has a motor with a bell-shaped armature. All the driving axles are powered. The wheel treads and valve gear parts are dark plated. The locomotive has complete, working valve gear and rods. The brakes, rail clearance devices, sand pipes, and inductive magnets are both sides are modelled. The buffer plates are enlarged. The paint scheme and lettering are prototypical. The tender is correct with a mix of solid and spoked wheels. Length over the buffers approximately 112 mm / 4-3/8".

Highlights:

Motor with a bell-shaped armature.

Locomotive body constructed of metal.

Prototypical, working rods and valve gear.

Brakes, inductive magnets, and rail clearance devices modelled.

All driving axles powered.

Warm white LEDs for headlights.

First coal-fired class 44 as it looked in Era VI in correct renumbering with computer-generated control number as a class 044 in the Z Gauge program.

Prototype modelling of the tender truck wheelsets. While Truck 1 has spoked wheelsets, Truck 2 has solid wheelsets.

Continues the series of museum locomotives.