Epoch: III
Coupler: In-house produced coupling and close coupling mechanism
Length over buffer:214 mm
Head light: Direction dependent dual headlights
Number of driven axles:
Interface: Electrical interface for traction units PluX22
Minimum Radius: 358mm
Edition model!
Form variation!
■ Design featuring short chimney
■ Finely-detailed model with many separately attached plug-in parts
■ Wheels with fine spokes
■ Design with rivet tender and Wagner smoke deflectors
■ Driver’s cab and valve gear lighting installed, switchable in digital mode
The P 8 was a general-purpose locomotive, and was deployed for all kinds of trains. After the turmoil resulting from the two World Wars, they were used by almost all European railway administrations. They were to be found in Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.
In 1919, 162 locomotives were sent to France, of which 25 went to AL, 25 to EST, 75 to NORD, 17 to ETAT (as 230.943-959, all 1940s phased out except for the 943) and 20 to MIDI. In 1945, the SNCF received four more machines as the spoils of war.
