Diesel Locomotive BR 290 DB
Road no.: 290 083-5
Model details
- All axles are driven
- All specific details of the 290, 291, 294, 295 and 296 ranges taken into account (e.g. different position of the fan, additional handrails and different bogie equipment)
- Lights equipped with maintenance-free LEDs
- Chassis and gearbox housing manufactured from zinc die-casting
- Etched radiator grille
- Spring buffers
- Free standing handles and handrails
- Clear view through the driver cabin
- Reproduction of the brake linkage
- Realistic presentation of the bogie frame incl. the axle drives
- Light change
EXTRA digital version
The following features can be digitally controlled:
- Original sound and driven fan
- Filigree electronic coupling with NEM pocket
- Shunting light and red rear light can be individually controlled
- Driver cabin lighting
It is possible to retrospectively convert the Diesel Locomotive V 90 from analogue to digital via a PluX22 interface (only sound functions). Please note that it is not possible to retrospectively convert the digital
remotecontrol coupling, the driven fan or the additional light functions.
Overview of technical functions
 |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driving function |  | | |
| Light change | | | |
| Tail lights separately switchable |  1) | | |
| Driver cabin lighting | 1) | | |
| Shunting lights | 1) | | |
| Light setting programmable for analogue operation | | | |
| Digital interface | PluX22 | PluX22 | PluX22 |
| Decoder | | | |
| Sound | | | |
| Energy storage | 2) | 2) | |
| Functional fan | | | |
| Digital coupling (NEM-standard close coupling) | | | |
| Locomotive Card | | ||
| Additional information | |||
1) Function only available in digital mode
2) Storage capacitor for interruption-free travel in sections without current or on soiled tracks
Info about the original
50 years ago, on 4th August 1964, the German Federal Railway commissioned the first of a total of 511 locomotives from the V 90/290 and 291 ranges manufactured by Mak. The locomotives were developed for heavy shunting and transfer work. In order to simplify operation, a number of locomotives were equipped with radio remote control and automatic coupling which was also evident from the outside thanks to the numbers of the new 294, 295 and 296 ranges displayed on the locomotives. The locomotive family continues in reliable service to this very day: Only with the emergence of the new Voith Gravita will DB AG begin to withdraw the first BR 291/295 locomotives from the managed inventory.
Further models of the same series
Diesel Locomotive BR 290 DB
Diesel Locomotive BR 291 „SUNRAIL” Metrans
Diesel Locomotive BR 290 DB
