Classes 796 Powered Rail Car and 996 Control Car

Classes 796 Powered Rail Car and 996 Control Car

Model: The cars have frames constructed of die-cast metal. The motor car has a motor with a flywheel. Both axles on the motor car powered. The cars have a digital decoder and a sound generator for operation with mfx and DCC. Maintenance-free LEDs are used for the headlights, marker lights, and interior lighting. They work in conventional operation and they can be controlled digitally. There are rear view mirrors for one-man operation. There are special operating couplers between the cars. The motor car can also be used by itself. Reproduction non-working prototype couplers for installation on the ends of the train are included. Total length over the buffers 175 mm / 6-7/8".

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) combustion powered rail car (VT), road number 796 702-9, with control car (VS), road number 996 778-7. Dual motor design, built starting in 1955. Used in commuter service (branch lines). The cars look as they did around 1996.

Unforgettable Branch Line Growlers. The experiences with the single-motor class VT 95 (later the class 795) rail busses developed by the firm Waggonfabrik Uerdingen proved the basic suitability of these units for the urgently necessary modernization of br

Open view through the carsmfx/DCC decoder with analog recognitionSound generator with extensive sound functionsContinuous lighting with LEDs