Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 260 diesel switcher locomotive. Ocean blue/ivory basic paint scheme. Diesel-hydraulic drive with jackshaft. Nose sections and cab from the series production version. Reinforced radiator grille with a wide frame. Cab roof design of locos up to about road number V 60 390. Cab roof with ventilation hatches. With a train radio and inductive magnets on both sides. First muffler design. With a Dofa stove and coal bunker. Road number 260 106-0. The loco looks as it did around 1980.
Model: The loco has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has a controlled high-performance motor. One axle is powered, and two axles and the jackshaft are driven by coupling rods. Traction tires. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, work conventionally, and can be controlled digitally. The cab lighting is digitally controllable. Running gear lighting, digitally controllable. The double A light can be controlled. The headlights are maintenance-free, warm white LEDs. A buffer capacitor is fitted. The front and rear Telex couplers can be controlled separately in digital operation. Separately applied metal grab irons and railings. Length over the buffers approximately 12 cm / 4-3/4.
A DC version of this model is available in the Trix H0 range as item 25601.
NYHED 2026