Rolling stock (rail)
 
Locomotives and railcars:
 
Class Prototype Model Photo (click to enlarge)
Class 218 Diesel locomotive Standard Diesel locomotive of  the former German Federal Railway (DB) for medium to heavy passenger and freight train service. With German Rail (DB AG) in passenger service only. Manufacturer: Fleischmann
Length: 19.0 cm
Weight: 452 g
2 driven axles

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Class 219 Diesel locomotive Former Class 119 of the ex German State Railway (DR) produced in the Socialist Republic of Romania. With German Rail now in short-distance passenger service. Manufacturer: Gützold
Length: 22.3 cm
Weight: 796 g
6 driven axles
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Class 229 Diesel locomotive Like Class 219, but modified for InterRegio and InterCity service. The engines of this class are now being removed from acticve service. Manufacturerr: Gützold
Lenght: 22.3 cm
Weight: 796 g
4 driven axles
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Class 232 Diesel locomotive Former Class 132 of the ex German State Railway (DR) produced in the USSR. With German Rail (DB Cargo, now: Railion DB Logistics) in freight train service. Manufacturer: Roco
Length: 23.7 cm
Weight: 618 g
6 driven axles
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2 Diesel locomotives TLG
Former Class 110 of the ex German State Railway (DR) produced in GDR. Now owned by the private transport and logistics company TLG.
Manufacturer: Brawa
Length: 2 x 16 cm
Weight:
2 driven axles
Uhlenbrock Decoder 76 520


Class 228 Diesel locomotive Class 228
Private locomotive of the Infraleuna Infrastructure and Service Company used for hauling tank trains for the chemical industry and raffineries.
Manufacturer: Gützold
Length: 22,5 cm
Weight: 785 g
6 driven axles

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Siemens ER20  Diesel locomotice
Private locomotive of the Pressnitztalbahn GmbH (Press) and Regental Cargo.
Manufacurer: Roco
Length: 22,0 cm
Weight: 504 g
4 driven axles
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Vossloh G1700BB Diesel locomotive
Private locomotive of Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK)
Manufacturer: Mehano
Length: 17 cm
Weight:  310 g
4 driven axles
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Diesel locomotive Class 290 Shunting and short line freight train locomotive of German Rail Cargo division (DB Cargo) Manufacturer: Trix
Length: 16 cm
Weight:  260 g
4driven axles
DCC Decoder Uhlenbrock 76 330
Shunting Diesel engine KEG 0651 Former Class 360 shunting engine of the former German Federal Railway  (DB). Then owned by the private Karsdorfer Eisenbahn GmbH (KEG). Manufacturer: Roco
Lenght: 12.2 cm
Weight: 199 g
3 driven axles
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Class V100 (212) Diesel locomotive
Light Diesel locomotive of the former German Federal Railway  (DB) in the original livery.
Manufacturer: Roco
Length:
Weight:
4 driven axles
Uhlenbrock Decoder 76 520

Class 01.5 steam locomotive
2'C1' locomotive with towed tender of former German State Railway (DR)
Manufacturer: Roco
Length:
Weight:
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Class 56 steam locomotive
1'D locomotive of DR. The model was a guest on this layout.
Manufacturer: Fleischmann

Class 605 Diesel multiple unit
Diesel driven InterCityExpress with tilting technology (ICE-TD). This type of vehicle never reached the required technical and economical standard. After only two years in service all 20 trains of this class were suspended by the end of 2003.
Manufacturer: Roco
Length: 121 cm
Weight:
4 driven axles
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Class 642 Diesel multiple unit
'Desiro' by Siemens Transportation as operated by the Arriva Vogtlandbahn
Manufacturer: Piko
Length:  48 cm
Weight:
2 driven axles
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Class 643 Diesel multiple unit
'Talent' by Bombardier Transportation as operated by German Rail (DB Regio)  Manufacturer: Brawa
Length: 54 cm
Weight:
2 driven axles
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Class 772/972 Diesel multiple unit  Former standard railbus with cab car of the ex German State Railway (DR). With German Rail (DB Regio) now in short-distance passenger service. Manufacturer: Brawa
Length: 15.4 + 15.4 cm 
Weight: 247 + 207 g
1 driven axle
DCC Decoder Lenz LE 131
GT 6-DD (DUEWAG) Two-way electric tram unit of the public transport authority of the City of Dresden. Manufacturer: Hödl - Linie 8
Length: 34 cm
Weight:
2 driven axles


 
Trains:
 
Train category Prototype Model Photo
InterCityExpress (ICE)
High-quality trains for high-speed services. To offer this service also on non-electrified routes the DB AG ordered 20  Diesel-driven trains with tilting technology. Between 2001 and 2003 the trains were operating between Nuremberg and Dresden and between Munich and Zurich.
4 coaches (two 2nd class, one Bistro, one 1st class)
Manufacturer: Roco
Length per car: 30 cm
Total length of train: 121 cm


InterRegio train (IR) In the 80's IR trains were introduced by DB as a confortable and fast supplement of the long-distance InterCity trains. Since 2001 this category is gradually replaced by so called InterRegioExpress-Züge (IRE) of DB Regio. The prototype of the model train has the typical blue InterRegio livery of the late 80's and 90's.  6 coaches (four 2nd class-, one Bistro-, one 1st class car)
Manufacturer: Fleischmann
Length per car: 28 cm
Total length of train with engine 229: 
192.5 cm
RegionalExpress train (RE) This train category operates over distances of 150 km (100 miles) and doesn't stop at all stations. The prototype of the model consists of modernized short-distance cars, which show the green livery that was typical of regional trains in the late 80's and 90's. The train is operated in push-pull modus. 4 coaches (three 2nd class cars, one mixed 1st 2nd class-car, one 2nd class cab car)
Manufacturer: Fleischmann
Length per car: 28.5 cm
Total length of train with engine 219:
137 cm

RegionalExpress train (RE) Regional train with double-decker coaches 5 coaches (one cab coach, one 1st class coach, one service coache, two 2nd class coaches)
Manufacturer: Fleischmann
Length per car: 28.5 cm
VogtlandExpress
A private long-distance train of the Vogtlandbahn (an Arriva daughter company) operating between Hof (Bavaria) and Berlin
DMU Class 642
Manufacturer: Piko
Total length: 48 cm

RegionalBahn (RB) The RB train category operates over short distances with stops at all stations. The prototype of the model is a modern Diesel railcar in the new red livery of DB Regio. DMU Class 643 
Manufacturer: Brawa
Total length: 54 cm
RegionalBahn (RB) The RB train category operates over short distances with stops at all stations. The prototype of the model is a modernized, Diesel railcar in green livery.  Railcar Class 772 with cab car 972
Manufacturer: Brawa
Total length: 32 cm
Historic fast passenger train
Steam-hauled long-distance passenger train (D-Zug) of former Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR)
6 coaches (one baggage car, three 2nd class coaches, one 1st class coach, one dining car)
Manufacturer: Fleischmann
Total lenght of train (incl. loco):


Historic local passenger train
Diesel-hauled local passenger train of the former Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) with 3-axle reconstructed carriages.
6 cars (one mixed baggage/2nd class, one mixed 1st/2nd class, 4 2nd class)
Manufacturer: Fleischmann
Total length of train: 105 cm

Steel-Coils fright train The train consists of 4 and 6-axle special waggons for the transport of heavy steel coils. The protoptype cars are owned by DB Cargo (now: Railion DB Logistics) and the Austrian Vöst-Alpine steel factory. Manufacturer: Roco
Total length of train with engine 232:
188.5 cm

Ballast transport
The train consist of  2-axle and 4-axle open waggons for the transport of ballast and gravel. The waggons are owned by DB, MDR and Kirov.
Manufacturer: Roco
Total length of train with 2 locomotives TLG:
190 cm


Tank train
The train is composed of nine 4-axle tank wagons of the KVG and Wascosa company.
Manufactures: Fleischmann, Piko
Total length of train with Infraleuna V180:
192 cm


Timber train
The train consists of seven 4-axle stake cars (four of which are loaden) owned by DB and SNCF.
Manufactures: Piko
Total length of the train with Press 253: 183 cm

Container train
The train consists of  5 container cars (4 with 6 axles, 1 with 4 axles)
Munufactures: Mehano, Fleischmann
Total length of train with HGK DE702: 177 cm

Short-line fright train The prototype train consists of 2-axis box cars owned by DB Cargo (now: DB Schenker). 6 slide-wall box cars
Manufacturers: Roco, Fleischmann, Elektrotren
Total length with engine 290:
118.0 cm

  
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