Product Details
Steam Locos

21811
DR Steam Loco, 99 7222-5, eXtra Premium





By popular demand, the 99 7222-5 is now available as an all-new G-scale model. It brings the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen to your layout. With two powerful Bühler motors, the model can pull, but it also can negotiate the tightest LGB “R1” curves. The model features opening doors, smokebox door, roof-mounted vents and even the cover of the coal box. Apart from a completely detailed cab, the cab lighting and the directional lighting with three lanterns front and back constitute additional highlights. This LGB model even features lights to illuminate the undercarriage. An onboard Multi-Train System decoder also is part of the standard equipment of this fantastic LGB model.

This is an eXtra Premium product.
In North America, this is an Authorized Train Stop Exclusive product.



The Prototype
In the late 1920s, the Deutsche Reichsbahn found that the existing steam locomotives on the narrow gauge lines of Bavaria, Baden and Wurttemberg no longer were powerful enough. To replace them, the DR designed the heavy 2-10-2 steam locomotive class 9922. As part of a drive toward standardizing DR steam locos, numerous parts were shared with other locomotive classes. For example, the new loco used the slightly modified boiler of the standard gauge class 81. Of the planned series, only three locomotives were built by Berliner Maschinenbau AG (successors of L. Schwarzkopf). They operated on the Eisfeld-Schönbrunn line in Thuringia. Two of these locos were transferred to Norway during World War II, where they later were scrapped. The third locomotive, the 99 222, remained in Thuringia until that line was closed in 1966. Then the loco was transferred to the Harzquerbahn.
Here, the powerful locomotive has been very successful. In the 1950s, it served as prototype for 17 new narrow gauge steam locomotives that since then have hauled the bulk of the traffic in the Harz Mountains. And the original 99 222 continues to pull regular trains. For a while, it was numbered 99 7222-5 until its old number was returned after yet another rebuild. For steam enthusiasts, experiencing this massive locomotive on the three-percent grades of the picturesque Harzquerbahn line is a unique and unforgettable experience.


The Model
This detailed replica features:
- weather-resistant construction
- factory-installed onboard decoder for MTS and analog operation
- opening cab doors and roof hatch
- opening smokebox door and tender cover
- four-way power control switch
- protected gearbox with two seven-pole Bühler motors
- ten powered wheels
- two traction tires
- twelve power pickups
- digital electronic sound (only 21812):
- synchronized steam chuffs
- optional load-dependent steam chuffs (with Multi-Train System)
- bell and whistle sounds
- brake sounds
- air pump, safety valve and steam sounds
- coal shoveling sound
- volume control
- remote control of sound features (with Multi-Train System)
- voltage stabilization circuit
- smoke generator
- simulated firebox fire
- drivetrain illumination
- automatic directional lanterns
- one multi-purpose socket with circuit breaker
- length: ca. 550 mm (21.7 in)
- weight: ca. 5000 g (11 lb)


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