The October Newsletter from the two leading brands of Continental model railways in the UK.

Due out in early 2011! “The Black Swan”

Class 10 of the DB

Slow or fast, the digital equipment hidden in this masterpiece, emits not only the sound of the exhaust beats, plus of course, whistles, etc. but the inbuilt smoke generator blasts out the exhaust from the chimney in not just simple plumes of smoke, but realistic puffs of smoke and steam – all synchronised with the speed of the engine – together with steam escaping from the cylinders too! The front headlights or red rear tail lights can be switched digitally, as well as the cab lights and chassis inspection lighting below the skirting.

But, you’ll have to be patient (time to save up anyway) as this unique loco won’t be at your dealers until the early part of 2011!
You can pre-order it now in advance of the release date.

Covering all the main railways of Europe, the latest 292 page volume of the latest Roco catalogue holds within its pages locos and rolling stock for state and private railway train operators.

Latest models from the Roco production line are now appearing on the shelves of your local dealer.

< The latest autumn / winter catalogue

Steam fans will be pleased to see the DB Class 41 is now already available: model no: 62316 The DB, coal-fired loco in 1960’s appearance. Although designed to be a freight hauler, she could also be seen sometimes pulling passenger trains when necessary.

Fans of old-timer electric locos will be pleased to see this 50 year old lady in her last outfit of turquoise blue / beige livery of the 1980’s:

Class 118 (E 18)

Normally clad in cobalt blue, this is the livery of the 1980’s, with smaller headlights fitted. Although previously used to haul expresses, by this stage of her career, she was usually seen on local services, based around Würzburg. The model has working triple headlights and two red tail lights.

Another elderly “Grand Dame” of the DB for tourists to enjoy the panoramic views afforded by this “glass train”.

The electric railcar, class 491, previously known as the ET 91. The Roco model has white triple headlights and 2 red tail lights.

is the ET 91 in red / cream livery.

The “Maid of all Work”

This handy little diesel shunter can be used anywhere – in loco sheds, goods yards, industrial sidings, carriage works . . .

A delightful little all-rounder for most layouts.

Another ubiquitous shunting loco, but this time on Swiss rails – the electric class Ee 3/3: Always to be seen hanging around station yards to move coaches in and out of the platforms or to shunt goods wagons.

Standard dc model - model no: 62667

The same pre-fitted, digital loco, but with all-important, digital uncoupler built in to marshall coaches just like the real station pilot is model no: 62668

In keeping with the Swiss theme, here’s a couple of VW Swiss Army vehicles aboard a flat truck:

The famous “Hupac” double-wagon unit loaded with two Hangartner trailers.

The Swiss Tilting Train -

available now with Sound!

A complete new model from the Roco stable is the 5 car multiple unit of the Swiss ICN tilting train in pre-fitted digital sound version!

The 5 – coach ICN tilting train set RABDe of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB / CFF / FFS ). Used for high quality transport.

The Roco model is a new construction in the current livery, highly detailed with accurate representation of the interior. 3- light headlights and two red tail lights. Matching complement coach sets 63152/69152 . Total length 1540 mm . The ambitious project to reduce travel times and to get more traffic from road to rail in Switzerland, by pursuing improvements of the infrastructure, as well as with modern rolling stock.

Between 1995 and 2001, the Swiss Federal Railways ( SBB) purchased the 44 units of the tilting train for intercity traffic. ICN stands for intercity tilting trains, with a top speed of 200 km / h. The advantage of the ICN is that it on twisting routes, thanks to the tilting technology, an increase in speed of up to 20% can be achieved in comparison with loco-hauled trains. The 188 800 mm long, 7 - coach trains offer seating for 477 people and are often coupled as a double unit. Besides the four second class cars and the two first class cars, the ICN also offers a Train Restaurant , as well as requiring reservation bike ( bicycle ) parking spaces.

The famous “Hupac” double-wagon unit loaded with two Hangartner trailers.

A first class coach of the DB for InterCity and EuroCity services.

A second class, open coach of the DB for InterCity and EuroCity services.

Oh! The luxury of long-distance travel! A cooked meal, prepared by the on-board chef, served to your table by a uniformed waiter or waitress! A DB restaurant coach for InterCity and EuroCity services.

Other shorter wheelbase DB Inter City coaches are shown on pages 137 to 139 of the Roco catalogue: 54410 / 54411 / 54412 / 54413 / 54414 / 54415 –

Shorter wheelbase, modern image coaches (scaled at 1:100 length) are also available as City Shuttle double-deckers in the Austrian “weasel” livery: [illustrated on pages 146 / 147 of the Roco catalogue]

Set of three coaches with cab coach: 64010 - individual coach no: 64330

Brings you a really unusual model from the early days of Italian electrification.

A 3-phase, AC electric loco dating back to 1927!

The mixed traffic, Class E.432 of the Italian State Railways (FS) in her chestnut brown 1960’s livery. A completely new, finely detailed construction. Double headlight LEDs.

Three phase, AC electrification traces its development back to the end of the First World War. The Italian State railways [Ferrovie dello Stato] (FS) created a total of 40 such engines made for them by the loco works "Società Ernesto Breda". The 94 ton locos were rod driven onto large driving wheels, and because of their reliance on frequency, the speed control of the motor was not very fine. The speed was reached via switching speed steps, giving speeds in each switching phase of 37,5 km/h, 50 km/h, 75 km/h and 100 km/h. According to the loads, the theoretical top speed of each phase was never quite attained.

The strange looking locos were used right up to 1976. Two examples remain preserved for future generations, one of which is in good condition in the „Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa“ to remind visitors of the pioneering period of electrification in Italy. The engines could often be seen on the Brenner route through to Austria in the 1950’s, hauling International expresses.

The latest Fleischmann HO catalogue shows a new, Top-Highlight release for early 2011 – the Prussian P6 – later DB Class 37.

model no: 413701
or digital with sound no: 413771

The classic electric loco E 19 12, which was experimentally painted in blue in 1953 and subsequently used from 1955 for locos permitted to run at120 km/h.

Limited Edition Model – not shown in the latest Catalogue!

Some of the earlier pictures show the “Reichs Eagle” emblem mounted on each end of the loco. Thus, two eagle emblems are included in the loco pack for those modellers wishing to reproduce this particular era of railway history.

This “175 years” loco must be pre-ordered from your local dealer!

And here’s one for N gauge modellers too - a commemorative model of the “Blue Mauritius”, ex class E194 …, now in the livery of the train operator Rail4U.

From the 194 580-7 comes the 194 178-0 „Blue Mauritius“

The loco has been brought up to date with a new, powerful motors, and is now allowed to travel at 100km/h. Previously based at various depots in Bavaria, at the end of her DB days, she became the property of the historical railways in Frankfurt. However, following her purchase by the young train operator, Rail4U, she now carries the livery of the original, famous Blue Mauritius, no: 194 178 – 0.

Limited Edition Model – not shown in the latest Catalogue!

This “175 years” loco must be pre-ordered from your local dealer!

Like the other bigger brothers, the 196 pages of the latest Fleischmann N gauge catalogue also announces a new construction loco: The Prussian T13 tank engine – but this should be out in time for your Christmas stocking!

The T13 were goods train tank engines, developed in the early 1900's when the various state railways still ran their own companies. Primarily used within the State of Prussia, but also to be found in a couple other Northern States, there were just over 500 of these tiny tank engines built between 1910 and 1916.

As a result of the First World War, the heavy damage to the railway system demanded another 72 locos ordered by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, as by this time, the DR had amalgamated all the originally State owned companies into the German State Railway System.

According to the DRG reclassification, the locos were incorporated into the Class 92. Of course, as a result of the Second World War, many of the locos were scattered all over Germany and were thus incorporated into the different State railway systems - Deutsche Reichsbahn in the Eastern part of Germany, Poland and Austria where the remaining Class 92 family were classified as Class 792.

All of the locos were gradually taken out of service and by the end of the 1960's they had all received their retirement documents.

the DB version of the vans with opening doors, which can be operated by any digital controller using the function keys.

Austrian, DRG and DR versions of these vans are also scheduled for release just before Christmas.

However, available now is a set of 4 self-unloading hoppers of the Austrian Railways:

An industrial diesel, complete with yellow flashing hazard light on the roof, which being finished in a works grey, could easily be of use on any industrial layout. In fact the FLEISCHMANN model is finished in the grey appearance of the Brandenburg Steelworks

An addition to the mainline coaching stock of the 1970’s - A DB restaurant coach in the wine red/ cream of the Trans Europe express livery of the 1970’s.

Plus the final piece of the modern image “Metronom” train in distinctive blue / yellow livery: The double-decker control cab coach with white / red head & tail lights:

suitable “Metronom” loco: 738701

Going back in time for the fans of the steam age, here’s a set of three [ 1 x 1st/2nd composite, and 2 x 2nd class coaches] for the French National Railways - SNCF - Epoch III

The elegant, matching French tank engine, in green livery, lined out in red is the magnificent class 232 TC of the SNCF:

These superb tank engines remained in active service right up to the late sixties, even though they had been constructed between 1912 and 1923. They were built for the Prussian railways and for Alsace-Lorraine, when that region still formed part of the German Empire. In Germany, the original Prussian T 18 became the DB class 78, whereas the former Alsace locos
became the class 232 of the SNCF.

Again, drifting slightly away from the traditional German rails of former FLEISCHMANN models, here’s a digital start set, with everything inside the box - ready to go:

Contains a Dutch electric loco, pre-fitted with digital decoder, 3 goods wagons, an oval of ready-ballasted track with passing loop sing curved points, plus the digital multiMAUS controller, base station and transformer.

Ready to Run! Including the FLEISCHMANN ready-ballasted N gauge trackwork!

The range of ready-ballasted trackwork is shown in the latest catalogue on pages 160 – 166.

The more economic, unballasted track sections are Illustrated on pages 168 – 172 – with seven radii of curves!

This delightful detailed set of 3 loaded coal wagons with intricately spoked Wheels, goes back to Epoch I

Track maintenance is an important part of all Railway operations. An everyday, everywhere sight is this WIEBE maintenance train used for construction and repair of all trackwork and installations.

Back to the Eighties... The “City-Bahn” Commuter Trains:

In the mid 1980’s the DB inaugurated a new commuter service for lines linking the outskirts into large towns and cities, with its own brand image – The “City-Bahn” in bright orange / grey livery.

The latest loco and coaching stock from Fleischmann N gauge brings back those essential services for use on your layout to get your Preiser figures to and fro work each day!

The class 218 diesel loco in orange/grey City-Bahn livery.

Plus the set of three coaches in matching finish:

Upgraded from the original “silver fish” coaches, the interiors were modernised and the bodies given the characteristic orange /grey livery.

Plus an additional 2nd class coach to extend the train if necessary: model no: 881011