PREORDER Minitrix HO T25853 Class ET 85 Rail Car & Trailer Set German Federal Railroad DB #ET 85 21, ES 85 2 (DCC and Sound)

Model: The class ET 85 car is a powered unit and includes a digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It has controlled high-efficiency propulsion. Four axles powered. Traction tires. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights on the outer ends of both cars change over with the direction of travel and can be controlled digitally. Both units are permanently coupled together using a single-conductor coupling. The interior lighting in the class ET 85 powered car and the class ES 85 control car will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white LED's are used for the lighting. The headlights and marker lights on Power Car End 1 and Control Car End 2 can be turned off separately in digital operation. The cab lighting on the outer cabs can be controlled separately in digital operation. The construction of the frames and bodies is very detailed. The car bodies and car floors are constructed of metal. The interior details are done in multiple parts and multiple colors. Brake lines and two close coupler heads are included with this model. Total length over the buffers approximately 46.8 cm / 18-7/16".Highlights: Completely new tooling Car bodies and car floors constructed of metal Factory-installed LED interior lighting Power car and cab control car in different and very detailed construction Custom interior details and done in several colors mfx+ digital decoder included Cab lighting can be controlled digitallyThis model can be found in an AC version in the Marklin H0 assortment under item number 39853.Prototype Information:In Bavaria, the electrification of rail lines was already beginning before World War I. When the network radiating from Munich was put under catenary starting in 1925, the German State Railroad looked for suburban powered rail cars available at short notice. Initially, four steam-powered rail cars of the Bavarian class MCCi were converted to electric powered rail cars. These prototype units were later designated as road numbers ET 85 01-04 and turned out so well that another 32 units in an improved version were placed into service between 1927 and 1932. In addition came 34 control cars and 70 trailer cars converted from old passenger cars. In 1950, the German Federal Railroad (DB) still had 21 of the class ET 85 on its roster and reliably underway in the greater Munich area in the typical red DB powered rail car paint scheme. In the Sixties, the star for the class ET/ES 85 trains in Munich began to sink. Several sets went into commuter service in the Koblenz and Regensburg areas as well as to Freiburg, which used these quaint units on the Three Lakes line in the Black Forest. All the still existing power and control cars were given computer-generated numbers (class 485/885) except for road number ET 85 21, the prototype of the Märklin model, and road number ET 85 24. The last sets spent their time in their old hometown at the start of the Seventies in factory service from Krauss-Maffei and to the maintenance facilities in Freimann and Neuaubing. The history of old Bavaria finally ended in Baden, where road numbers 485 005 and 485 019 were retired on September 28, 1977. The set 485 007/885 615 remains preserved and on display at the SVG Railroad Adventure World in Horb on the Neckar, as well as road number 885 706 as an association residence in Freiburg.Properties: Metal frame and locomotive body. Digital decoder with up to 32 digitally controlled functions. The quantity depends on the controller being used. DCC decoder Built-in sound effects circuit. Triple headlights and two red marker lights that change over with the direction of travel. Built-in LED interior lighting. Marklin close couplers in standard pocket with pivot point. Era 3