Red Arrow Powered Rail Car
Red Arrow Powered Rail Car
Just in time for the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Oensingen-Balsthal Railroad the RCe 2/4 607 Roter Pfeil / Red Arrow was overhauled and made operational again. It was originally put into service by the SBB on January 25, 1938, and in 1974 was sold by the SBB to the OeBB after being retired in 2019 due to motor damage. It can now be leased again for special runs. This decorative unit offers seating for 62 passengers. The maximum speed is 125 km/h / 78 mph, and the service weight is 38 metric tons. The length over the buffers for this overall elegant, powered rail car in terms of its shape measures 22.4 meters / 72 feet 9 inches.
Prototype: Class RCe 2/4 Roter Pfeil / Red Arrow electric express powered rail car, 3rd class, as a museum unit for extra runs maintained by the Oensingen-Balsthal Railroad, Inc. (OeBB). Refurbished this powered rail car looks externally as it did in the Mid-Fifties in a crimson basic paint scheme of the SBB. Powered rail car road number 607. The unit looks as did in 2023.
Model: The frame and the unit's body are constructed of die-cast zinc. There are many separately applied parts of spun brass castings. The buffers are constructed of metal. An mfx digital decoder is included with up to 32 functions, a current buffer is installed that can be parametrically adjusted, controlled high-efficiency propulsion, and extensive sound functions such as running sounds, ventilation equipment, locomotive whistle, multiple station stop announcements, background sounds at the stations and much more. This car can be operated with AC, DC, Marklin Digital, and DCC. 2 powerful motors with drive to all axles. In digital operation the double-arm pantograph can be raised and lowered with a servomotor. There are white LED headlights that change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. There is warm white LED lighting in the engineer's stands that changes over with the direction of travel. The interior lighting and the control desk lighting can be controlled. The Swiss light code changes to red and white, the doors can be opened, there are interior details, and the engineer's stand has a figure of an engineer. The minimum radius for operation is 1,020 mm / 40-1/8.Length over the buffers 70 cm / 27-9/16. Weight approximately 5.6 kilograms / 12 pounds.
