Fine Models Gauge 1 Steam Locomotive Br 97.5 Gear Various Variants New Boxed

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Fine Models steam locomotive
Lane 1
BR 97.5
Gear steam locomotive different variants to choose from
Please tell us the desired variant in advance
Price is valid for one locomotive
Description:
Power consumption on Allen axes
Motor-driven reversing
Stainless steel wheel tires, ring-insulated
Epoch-appropriate lighting, painting and lettering
Elliptical wheel spokes
Lubricating pump and speedometer drive
All axles are sprung
Epoch-appropriate double hook or screw coupling
Functional compensation levers
Spring-loaded buffer design
Functional gear drive
Digital decoder with company-specific sound development
Faulhaber motor
Engine driver and stoker figure
Idol
These largest German cogwheel steam locomotives were the last new construction of the Royal Württemberg State Railways. Their production was initially delayed by the First World War. However, they could then be ordered through the newly created DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN in 1921 and the first two, built in 1922, were put into operation in May 1923 after some delays due to inflation. In 1925 97 503 and 504 followed.
This meant that enough machines were available for operation on the Honau - Lichtenstein cog railway to replace the predecessor locomotives of the Württemberg class Fz.
The locomotives were located in the Reutlingen workshop, which was still independent at the time.
At the end of the war in March 1945, the Reutlingen depot was completely destroyed by air raids. The locomotives were then relocated to the Tübingen depot, but continued to be serviced and used by the Reutlingen locomotive station, which was rebuilt from the rubble on a smaller scale. Since the need for locomotives was even longer in the post-war period, the 97 502 in the Esslingen machine factory was first extensively modernized in 1953-54 according to plans drawn up by the Federal Railway Central Office (BZA) in Minden. This was followed by 97 504 in 1957, but in a somewhat slimmed-down form for cost reasons. For 97 501 only the enlarged coal box, the modernized change valve and a couple of newer standard feed valves were possible.
Due to a changed mode of operation on the rack railway with mainline locomotives that remained on the train and had to work uphill, the need for rack locomotives decreased and so the 97 503, which was due for HU in 1957, was the first to be retired. The other three remained in service for another 5 years until the start of the summer timetable in 1962. Then the steam locomotives were replaced by cog rail buses of the VT97 series. On May 26th, the last scheduled day of operation of a 97.5. In August, 97 501s and 504s were the last to be retired.
Because of the cogwheels protruding down into the clearance profile, the cogwheel locomotives could only run on certain routes that had been checked for freedom of movement beforehand (Reutlingen - Lichtenstein - Münsingen - Ulm, Tübingen - Reutlingen - Esslingen). In Reutlingen itself, the rack-and-pinion locomotives were occasionally used for shunting. Here, side and industrial tracks were also prepared to be suitable for a cogwheel locomotive.
Usual operational sequence on the cogwheel line
When a train from Reutlingen arrived in Honau, the cogwheel locomotive sat behind it and pushed the train to the Lichtenstein station 179m higher. There the locomotive relocated and pulled the train on towards Münsingen. If the train was heavier than 125 tons, it had to be split up in Honau and either transported upstairs with a second cogwheel locomotive within sight of the first train or pushed into the designated siding in Honau. The special signaling provided by the locomotive lanterns was placed in the existing siding and taken away by the cogwheel locomotive on a second tour.
Even on the descent, a cogwheel locomotive always had to be on the downhill train. In this case, however, trains with continuous (Hik or KE) brakes were allowed to bring the rack-and-pinion locomotive down to the valley with the help of the counter-pressure brakes.
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Fine Models steam locomotive Lane 1 BR 97.5 Gear steam locomotive different variants to choose from Please tell us the desired variant in advance Price is valid for one locomotive Description: Power consumption on Allen axes Motor-driven reversing Stainless steel wheel tires, ring-insulated Epoch-appropriate lighting, painting and lettering Elliptical wheel spokes Lubricating pump and speedometer drive All axles are sprung Epoch-appropriate double hook or screw coupling Functional compensation levers Spring-loaded buffer design Functional gear drive Digital decoder with company-specific sound development Faulhaber motor Engine driver and stoker figure Idol       Usual operational sequence on the cogwheel line I will cover ebay costs Shipping costs are borne by t