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Operating Manual
L13118x
L13119x
Tank Locomotive, class 75
1-3
, Bad VI b /
former Baden State railway class VI b
Note on original:
The Baden VIb was the first German tender locomotive with the axle sequence 1‘C1‘. It was developed by
Maffei for the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways in order to improve operations for example on the Höllental
railway rout.
In 1900 there were still 15 serving as saturated steam locomotives. Another eight blocks of about 100
locomotives followed till 1908. Noteworthy on these locos was the connection pipe between the two
steam domes.
Generating 540 hp and a top speed of 80 km/h it soon became too weak for service on the main line routes
and was gradually replaced by the more powerful, faster and also approximately 1000 mm longer successor
the Class VIc. However, despite everything, or perhaps precisely because of this, the locomotives slowly
became distributed throughout Germany.
Of the 131 locomotives, 122 were taken on by the German State Railway and assigned the Class 751-3.
Between 1921 and 1923 another block of 42 locomotives was delivered. The German Federal Railways
obtained 117 of the vehicles. 1962 saw the last representative of this locomotive, the 75 299, finally with-
drawn from service. Seven locos served with the German State Railways in Eastern Germany until finally
decommissioned by 1965.
Preparing the model for operation on your layout
Remove your locomotive – encased in the blister pack – carefully from the box. Open the blister pack
according to the illustration in
Fig. 1a / 1b, remove the locomotive, and place it on the track. The DC
model is suitable for operation on 14 volts maximum. The AC version is designed as standard for both
analogue operation on 16 volts maximum and for digital operation. First, allow the locomotive to drive
forward and backward for a few minutes at about half the voltage, and then it is ready for operation.
Fig. 1a
Fig. 1b
