Roco 52635 – Railbus class 798/998, DB, digital with sound

The railbus set contains a motor wagon class 798 and a control cab coach class 998 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

■ Classic Epoch IV design
■ Classic in the ROCO program
■ Interior lighting
■ Digitally switchable sound functions

From 1955 onwards, the DB hired more than 300 twin-engined railbuses for passenger transport on branch lines, along with almost the same number of control cab coaches and intermediate wagons. Those hardly differed in appearance from the railcars, reached a maximum speed of 90 km/h, and had a power output of 2 x 110 kW.

General data
Interior fitting Model with interior furnishing
Interior fitting Driver’s cab
Coupling NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism
Minimum radius 358 mm
Number of driven axles 2
Flywheel yes
Electrical
Interface Electrical interface for traction units according to NEM 652 standards with plug-in fixture
Head light 3 headlight, dependent on the direction of travel/2 tail lights, dependent on the direction of travel
Interior lighting Yes
Digital decoder NEM 652
Decoder type MX645R
Measurements
Length over buffer 320 mm