German Jumbo BR 44 Fleischmann N-Scale Locomotives

[@douglasjackson2361]

I was fortunate to have been stationed in Wurzburg with the US Army 1973-75 while steam was still operating in the area. 50 and 51 kriegs loks (war locomotives) working area freight trains - and 23s in suburban passenger service. The servicing was done at Crailsheim. Along with a good German friend who was also a rail fan, together we rode in the cab of a 51 with the lok fuhrer (engineer) and heizer (fireman) on a local freight from Kitzingen to Schweinfurt. At every stop we made to pick up or drop off cars, the fireman would hop off and soon return with bottles of beer for everyone. That was one afternoon I will never forget.

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

Wow, Douglas what a great experience not too many people can say they rode in a cab of a BR 51. We have so many customers that were stationed in Germany during the 1960s and 70s and they all have amazing stories to tell. They loved their time in Germany especially the food, beer, and yes the model trains. Thanks for sharing Douglas.

[@tulyar1043]

West German steam ended in 1977. That is a wonderful model and Fleischmann have the model of the year for 2020. Thank you for posting this video.

[@truefilm6991]

Yes, confirmed: the official end of steam in West Germany was in October 1977, I was going to write the exact same. In East Germany (DDR) steam went on until October 1988. Sources: MIBA magazine and Wikipedia.

[@Tauraco00]

Wow amazing - I love all the way from South Africa

[@RealtorCardozo]

Are you able to change the couplers? I'd like to run this locomotive with my American system couplers.

[@crompton33022]

An excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@davidmorris8509]

Had the Arnold model bought second hand.ran great but the worm gear wore down.Years later bought the Fleischmann DR seen here and I’m quite satisfied.

[@stanislawstaszic6941]

Three beautiful locomotives and a great video! However, there is one mistake: Roco already had a Br. 44 in N scale in the 80's. Of course not in this detailing. Best regards Stanislaw

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

Yes, you are right but that model was from a different era and no comparison to the new Fleischmann version.

[@spdaylight5]

What beautiful N scale models. Oh, that they had models of this caliber when I began! I would have jumped into N scale with both feet instead of HO! I can't change now, I have a small fortune in HO scale. Just a thought and a question. These are just screaming for smoke! All those beautiful startup sounds coupled with smoke would be fantastic. I noticed that the drivers seemed to freeze a couple of times as they began to move forward. These are expensive locos, drivers sliding or whatever was happening gives me a moments hesitation on purchase. Are they "tight" and not broken in? Is that the issue? Or is it an illusion in the video? You really need to correct that in the video. Thank you for sharing these fine models.

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

David smoke units are not a good idea for N-Scale models. The smoke fluid spits up and gets all over the model making it very oily. Also it gets on the track which causes the models to loose traction. This models have all the bells and whistles but sorry no smoke. The models need to be broken in for at least 30 minutes, we got a little lubrication on the track so it caused a little slippage. Trust me this is the finest running N-Scale locomotive we have tested, the sound and performance is unmatched.

[@peopleslayer12333]

Is that a real safe behind you? and if so... what do you keep in there..? Looks like a bank vault haha. Thanks for the video, was a good watch. Just got the HO 044 from Roco very impressed.

[@marlipin1973]

I got the ddr 44 and the sound was so broke like yours. Is that normal?

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

The sound is not broken. Remember this was a three cylinder model so the sound represents three cylinders not two.

[@marlipin1973]

@@ReynauldsEuroImports Nono the problem was, the sound was way too loud and had too much bass. That really sounded extremely bad. I fixed by just turning down the Volume for a bit.

[@mcrsit]

Is the electric motor in the tender?

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

Yes

[@nozyspy4967]

Can i ask why you have a colossal safe? Are the trains that valuable? o.O

[@lukebarber9511]

The building that the store is located in used to be a bank.

[@BasPos1]

Minitrix and Roco both have (or had ) a Br44 model.

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

Yes both they were regular BR 44s, the Fleischmann is the Jumbo UK, version.

[@BasPos1]

@@ReynauldsEuroImports Minitrix had a UK jumbo also, minitrix 12210

[@raymondleggs5508]

why only 3 chugs per driver revolution?

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

Yes Raymond, this version of the BR 44 was a 3 cylinder locomotive so the sound is accurate.

[@dragovanukic4716]

Prelepo!

[@АлексейМурзилкин]

Kruto!

[@danchallis666]

Not interested if they don't have a smoke generator on them - wish they (or Arnold) would reintroduce it.

[@ReynauldsEuroImports]

Dan I agree smoke is cool and if you have some skills you can add a unit with no problem. Smoke in N-Scale has some major drawbacks and that is why Fleischmann, Arnold, and others have gone away from it. The smoke unit spits out fluid and it gets all over your model making the model really oily which can mess up the paint finish. It also gets on your track making it hard for N-Scale model to run because they lose traction. You will have to clean your trains often.