Resita (ish) Forestry Locomotive

About the kit

The kit is comprised of a 3D printed plastic body shell, a fret of etched detail parts and a fret of 3D printed detail parts and is reproduced to 4mm (009, 1:76) scale only. The body is designed to fit on the Minitrains Brigadelok chassis.

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Please note this is a scale model for adult collectors, and not intended for children under 14 years of age.

Prototype Info

The most common of Romanian 0-8-0t narrow gauge locomotives were built over a long period between 1949 and 1988 at the Resita works, and later by Reghin (at their tractor factory). The 150hp locomotives use the ingenious Klien-Linder means of articulation allowing them to run on some quite poorly laid trackwork. Although a few were used by the national network (the CFR) most were used by the national forestry railways (CFF) and a handful on national industrial railways (CFI). Today many examples are still in daily use on both forestry and tourist railways across Romania and wider afield across Europe.