Roco 71388 Steam Locomotive 38 3553 DB DCC

Roco 71388 Steam Locomotive 38 3553 DB DCC

Steam locomotive 38 3553 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Edition model!

■ Finely detailed model with many separately applied plug-in parts
■ 3-dome boiler with feedwater dome, sandbox and steam dome
■ Wheels with fine spokes
■ Version with riveted tender and Witte smoke deflectors
■ Based at the depots BD Wuppertal and Bw Bestwig
■ Two taillights only on the tender
■ Driver's cab and engine lighting installed; can be switched in digital operation
■ With authentic dynamic steam from the chimney

The class 38 steam locomotives with their riveted tenders and Witte smoke deflectors were a familiar sight on German branch lines for a long time. They mostly hauled passenger trains and were irreplaceable in local transport for a long time. It was only in the increasing modernization of the Deutsche Bundesbahn that diesel and electric locomotives replaced them.