Märklin 88068 Mhi Z Gauge Steam Locomotive Br 78 DB. The description of this item has been automatically translated. Quality goods with a large selection. HO scale 3 ladder locomotive models. HO gauge 2 ladder locomotive models. HO/em Start Set`s 2/3 ladder. HO scale wagon material. Digital and electrical accessories. Faller Car System N/HO. Dolls and doll accessories. Baby and toddler toys. HO scale track material. Military models and accessories HO. EMotion Moving World HO. Märklin 88068 MHI Z gauge steam locomotive BR 78 DB. NEW & original packaging. As early as 1936, the then Lübeck-Büchen Railway had steam-driven push-pull trains developed by Henschel. The young Federal Railway took up this idea again after 1949 and put the first steam trains into operation in 1951 – pulled and pushed by class 78 locomotives pr. These were perfect for this: strong, fast, reliable and available in large quantities. Such devices were installed in the control cars and in the driver’s cab of the locomotives. When pushing, the locomotive driver sat in the control car and operated the brakes. The stoker operated the control and regulator on the steam locomotive according to commands, in addition to the traditional stoker tasks. This system proved so successful that by 1959, 74 steam locomotives were already being used in push-pull service. The T 18 ran in the suburban traffic of Hamburg and Frankfurt, in the Ruhr express traffic, in the Hanover district, around Wuppertal and finally in Saarland. The T 18 push-pull trains lasted the longest in S-Bahn operations between Hamburg, Bergedorf and Aumühle. There they were replaced by V 100 for the 1968/69 winter timetable. Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 78 push-pull steam locomotive as it looked in Era IIIb around 1965. Model: Revised model with LED headlights 3x white/2x red in alternating direction of travel. Equipped with bell armature motor, fine, complete, fully functional linkage. Also with imitation brakes, sand downpipes and rail clearers. All drive axles powered. Length over buffers 70 mm. One-off series for the Märklin Dealer Initiative (MHI). The stoker operated the control and regulator on the steam locomotive according to commands, in addition to the traditiona. Epoche III (1949 – 1970).