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Alpine Classic Crocodile Loco, Sound, Collector Edition





Enjoy LGB’s most famous electric loco – the Rhätische Bahn Crocodile – with LGB’s famous digital electronic sound, including motor, whistle, main switch, air pump, main fan, vacuum pump and braking sounds. And with the LGB Multi-Train System, you can control all of these sounds remotely. Livery to match LGB’s RhB Alpine Classic Express passenger coaches.


The Prototype
In 1931, the famous "Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits et des Grands Express Europeens" (CIWL) and the Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn (MOB) together introduced the "Golden Mountain Pullman Express." Catering to wealthy tourists, the luxury train was intended to operate with two salon cars and a dining car from the Berner Oberland to Montreux on Lake Geneva. Four luxurious Pullman cars were built, but the depression of the 1930s left the train without a public able to afford its luxury. The cars were sold to the Rhätische Bahn (RhB), where they were used on regular passenger trains. Recently, these remarkable examples of Art Deco design were completely refurbished.Today, the RhB offers the salon cars as a special train called the "Alpine Classic Pullman Express," pulled by one of the famous "Crocodile" electric locos of the RhB. Groups can rent the train and enjoy the luxurious style of the 1920s while travelling through the magnificent scenery of the Swiss Alps.

The Model
This detailed model features:
- weather-resistant construction
- prototypical livery and lettering
- detailed cabs with opening doors
- digital electronic sound:
- motor noise
- whistle
- main switch
- air pump
- main fan
- vacuum pump
- braking sound
- magnetic whistle trigger
- remote control of sound features (with Multi-Train System)
- two power control switches
- track or catenary power operation
- two protected gearboxes with two seven-pole Bühler motors
- twelve powered wheels
- one traction tire
- automatic directional lighting (exterior and interior)
- reliable "flat" lighting sockets (1 front, 1 rear) with fuse
- eight track power pick-ups
- two catenary power pick-ups
- length: 560 mm (22.0 in)
- weight: 3820 g (8.4 lb)