Lenz O-Scale Locomotives

The new locomotives have on-board Gold decoders, with the all the high end Gold features including a high end sound system and . The first locomotive in line for production is the V 36 413 DB (seen below). Soon to follow will be the V100 Diesel, and later next year steam locomotives BR 64, 2-6-2 and BR 24 2-6-0 will be released.

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V 36 413 DB
EPOCH 3
Art. no. 40100
Price MSRP $570 (USD)

Initially built by several manufacturers for the German Wehrmacht, this reliable locomotive was used until well into the 1970s for numerous tasks in the areas of route and switching services and, later, in front of work and private trains. Several locomotives of this series are still being used today for museum trains.

The 360 PS strong V 36.4 was derived from the replica series (year of manufacture: 1950) that consisted of 18 machines built by MaK Kiel. This series differed from the previous series in that it had a longer wheelbase.

Design: Hybrid design metal/plastic
Weight: 1050 g

Special features:

- Finely detailed model
- Locomotive driver
- High-performance engine with drive on the first axle and jackshaft
- Automatic coupling
- Can be fitted with an original screw-type coupling
- Constant lighting
- Direction-dependent light changes
- Spring buffers
- Sets of metal wheels according to NEM and RP 25
- Automatic recognition of Lenz-Digital (DCC) or conventional DC operation (analogue)

Additional functions with Lenz-Digital:

- Load control with particularly good operating performance at slow speeds
- Settable starting and braking delay
- USP^{1- Dirty Track technology (visit
www.lenz.com for a full description) This lomcive will operate even if there
is dirt on the track}- ABC^{1- This locomotives dcoder will opeate with asymmetric dcc (www.lenz.com)}- RailCom^{1- This lomcive has built in Bi-direciotanl commiuncation
for sytem supporting bi-directional communication (www.lenz.com)}- Remote coupling
- (Remote) original sound
- Switchable driver’s cab light

V 100
EPOCH 3
Art. no. 40130
Price* $700 (USD)- To be released later this year

In 1958, the first five very successful prototypes of the series V 100 were built by MaK for multi-purpose services as a further development of the V 80 that was built in 1952. In 1961/62, a further 36 pre-series locomotives were delivered. Afterwards, a total of 364 locomotives (also by other manufacturers) with a 1,100 PS engine and 90 km/h maximum speed (the later series 211) were manufactured.

Design: Hybrid design metal/plastic
Weight: 1150 g

Special features:

- Finely detailed model
- Locomotive driver
- High-performance engine with drive on all four axles
- Automatic coupling
- Can be fitted with an original screw-type coupling
- Constant lighting
- Direction-dependent light changes white/red
- Spring buffers
- Sets of metal wheels according to NEM and RP 25
- Automatic recognition of Lenz-Digital (DCC) or conventional DC operation (analogue)

Additional functions with Lenz-Digital:

- Load control with particularly good operating performance at slow speeds
- Settable starting and braking delay
- USP¹- ABC¹- RailCom¹- Remote coupling
- (Remote) original sound
- Switchable driver’s cab light

BR 64
EPOCH 3
Art. no. 40230
Price* $885 To be released later this year

After the founding of the German Reichsbahn (DRG) in 1925, a decision was made to gradually replace the large number of different types of locomotives of the former state railways, which had proven unfavourable in day-to-day operation, by so-called standardised designs. One of the first locomotive series in this standardisation plan was the series 64. Between 1928 and 1940, a total of 520 of the machines called “bob” were produced by almost all German locomotive manufacturers.

Due to the outstanding operating performance in forward and backward motion at 90 km/h maximum speed, the 1’C1’ locomotive was often used in front of passenger trains but also push-pull (commuter) trains and mixed trains. This locomotive was at home in numerous locomotive depots and travelled all over Germany. It was only in 1974 that the last remaining machines were taken out of service.

BR 64 Epoche 3
Design: Hybrid design metal/plastic

Special features:

- Finely detailed model
- Locomotive driver
- High-performance engine with drive on all axles via gear wheels or coupling rods
- Automatic coupling
- Can be fitted with an original screw-type coupling
- Constant lighting
- Direction-dependent light changes
- Spring buffers
- Sets of metal wheels according to NEM and RP 25
- Automatic recognition of Lenz-Digital (DCC) or conventional DC operation (analogue)

Additional functions with Lenz-Digital:

- Load control with particularly good operating performance at slow speeds
- Settable starting and braking delay
- USP¹- ABC¹- RailCom¹- Remote coupling
- (Remote) original sound
- Switchable driver’s cab light

BR 24
EPOCH 3
Art. no. 40240
Price*$1078- To be released late 2007

Just like the BR 64, the BR 24 was also a standardised locomotive and many components and assemblies were interchangeable. The additional tender allowed more coal and water supplies to be carried along so that they were often used for the long and flat ancillary tracks in the north, before the war in particular in West and East Prussia. There, the machine, which was very popular with the staff, was given the nickname “steppe horse”. Until 1938, almost 100 machines were built in two lot sizes. The last locomotive was taken out of service in 1966.

BR 24 Epoche 3
Design: Hybrid design metal/plastic

Special features:

- Finely detailed model
- Locomotive driver
- High-performance engine with drive on all axles via gear wheels or coupling rods
- Automatic coupling
- Can be fitted with an original screw-type coupling
- Constant lighting
- Direction-dependent light changes
- Spring buffers
- Sets of metal wheels according to NEM and RP 25
- Automatic recognition of Lenz-Digital (DCC) or conventional DC operation (analogue)

Additional functions with Lenz-Digital:

- Load control with particularly good operating performance at slow speeds
- Settable starting and braking delay
- USP¹- ABC¹- RailCom¹- Remote coupling
- (Remote) original sound
- Switchable driver’s cab light

1) Technical Footnotes from above: More expansive technical description can be found www.lenz.com

RailCom

This term stands for new and innovative Lenz technology. RailCom makes it easy for you to customise the behaviour of a locomotive. RailCom also enables information to be fed back to you.

USP

Model railway enthusiasts find it really annoying when a locomotive suddenly stops on the track due to poor contact. USP, an innovative system solution that is unique across the world, puts an end to unwanted disruptions once and for all and sets standards in modelling technology.

The locomotive is fitted with an energy storage module and is still supplied with power from this storage unit even when there is a current interruption on the track (e.g. a dead frog or dirty track).

ABC

The innovative ABC (Automatic Braking Control) technology facilitates precise on-the-spot stopping in front of signals – of course also for push-pull (commuter) trains.

With the help of the Digital plus ABC modules, the locomotive decoder recognises three different signal statuses: “Approach”, “Stop”, “Slow approach” and reacts accordingly: Passage, stopping (with settable braking distance) or slowing down to the slow speed set in the decoder. If the train approaches the signal from the opposite direction, it will not observe the signal.

Whilst stopped, all functions can still be switched and you can of course reverse away again from the signal.

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