ROCO 1:87 Diesel locomotive class Y 8000, SNCF DCC with sound – item 72009

Diesel locomotive class Y 8000 of the French State Railways.

Completely new design !

■ Model with digital shunting couplers. More play fun guaranteed !
■ Long front hood and gear block made of die cast metal, therefore more dead weight and high tractive power
■ Prototypical light and sound functions using on-board switchable decoder
■ Finely detailed model with many plug-in parts and freestanding handrails
■ Unobstructed view through the authentic driver’s cab
■ Buffer capacitor for uninterruptible power supply

In July 1977, the Moyse factory rolled out the first shunting locomotive Y 8001 which was designed for shunting operations at stations, marshalling yards, construction sites and repair workshops of the SNC. Since they were stronger and longer than their predecessors, the Y 8000 locomotives were also able to replace locomotives which hauled light freight trains.
The Y 8000 were given a paintwork in orange, brown and white livery – similar to the BB 63500 at the time of commissioning. Painted as such, most of them have gone through their careers and had carried all logos of the SNCF including the current logo “Carmillon”. Some of them had been also repainted for the companies (fields of operation) they were assigned to: Fret, Infra or even TER.

The model can only be operated to a limited extent with analogue driving devices.