NSB Di6 / ME26 / DE2700
Based on the diesel-electric series DE 1024 with three-phase power transmission, MaK and Siemens developed the Di6 for the Norwegian State Railways NSB. The MaK 12M282 diesel engine developed 2650 kW at 1000 rpm and generated the power for the six traction motors. Since the locomotive with its top speed of 160 km/h was also to be used in heavy passenger train service, it was fitted with a train heating system. The twelve locomotives had various problems, two locomotives burned out. After more…
RhB ABe 4/4 30-38 
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For the Bernina Railway, which opened in 1908 with 1000 volt direct current, the Swiss Rhaetian Railway purchased RhB 14 electric multiple units known as BCe 4/4. The four-axle passenger railcars had an output of 382 kW and reached 55 km/h. Three other vehicles classified as BCDe 4/4 were around 70 cm longer and had a luggage compartment. After around 40 years of operation, the RhB decided to modernize some of its railcars. Particularly noticeable from the outside were the braking resistors now more…
V100.10 MTU 12V 652 TA H0
In 1962 German State Railway DB ordered 380 samples of dieselhydraulic loco V100.20 (later BR 212). The MB 835 Ab diesel develops 1350 HP at 1500 rpm and enables the loco to reach a maximum speed of 100 km/h. 10 more locos were equiped with additional brake for service on steep grades. Those locos were named V100.23 (later BR 213).
F2 & F9 air horns selection (air horn #1 = CV 163 value 0 / air horn #2 = CV 163 value 1)
BR 704 H0
In 1977, based on the VT 627, the German Deutsche Bundesbahn DB ordered five test vehicles of the four-axle catenary inspection rail car 704. The four-axle vehicles, classed as BR 704, had a diesel-hydraulic power transmission. Propulsion was initially provided by two identical, independent drive systems with Deutz twelve-cylinder diesel engines, one of which was replaced by a more modern and lower-emission Deutz engine from 1986 onwards. The 140 km/h four-axle vehicles were intended to replace more…
18 323 H0
The Ivh of Badische Staatsbahn, later the 18³ series, was purchased from 1918 as an express steam locomotive primarily for the Rhine Valley Railway Basel - Mannheim. The manufacturer of all 20 machines was the renowned Munich locomotive factory J.A. Maffei. The IVh was designed as a 4-cylinder composite engine. The balanced drive made her a fast cross-country skier and the top speed could be increased from the original 110 km/h to 140 km/h. The use of the 18.3 on the famous Rheingold Express more…
BR 704 H0
In 1977, based on the VT 627, the German Deutsche Bundesbahn DB ordered five test vehicles of the four-axle catenary inspection rail car 704. The four-axle vehicles, classed as BR 704, had a diesel-hydraulic power transmission. Propulsion was initially provided by two identical, independent drive systems with Deutz twelve-cylinder diesel engines, one of which was replaced by a more modern and lower-emission Deutz engine from 1986 onwards. The 140 km/h four-axle vehicles were intended to replace more…
Stadler Euro Dual / BR159 H0
Instead of equipping electric locomotives with just a diesel power pack (last mile package), which enables them to be used independently of the driving current, for example on sidings, Stadler developed the EuroDual, which carries a full-fledged diesel engine. The EuroDual, run as the 159 series, runs purely electrically under the 15 kV-16 2/3 Hz system as well as in the AC and DC networks commonly used in France. Depending on the operating mode, traction power between 6150 kW and 7000 kW is more…
T18 SNCF Ep.III H0
Between 1915 and 1918, the Reichseisenbahnen Elsass-Lothringen (EL) procured a total of 27 examples of the 1140 hp Prussian tank locomotive T18. After the First World War, 26 of these were transferred to the now French successor railway Chemins de Fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (A.L.) while retaining the original numbers. Only rarely did the reliable locomotives leave Alsatian territory. Like the German railways, the A.L. changed the brake system on their T18 and allowed the machines to run at 100 more…
RhB Geaf 2/2
Although the entire meter-gauge route network of the Rhaetian Railway RhB is electrified, the railway requires traction vehicles with a non-catenary power supply for construction site operations, for example. For such purposes, the RhB has been procuring a total of seven units of the bimodal Geaf 2/2 shunting locomotive since 2018. The lithium-ion battery has an output of 200 kW and is charged by a pantograph under the catenary and when braking through recuperation. An output of 500 kW is more…
RhB ABe 4/16 Capricorn
To increase frequency on the meter-gauge main network, the Rhaetian Railway RhB ordered 56 units of the four-car ABe 4/16 multiple unit from Stadler. The four electric traction motors installed in one of the end cars produce a total of 1400 kW and accelerate the trains to a design speed of 120 km/h. Up to four units can be coupled in regular operation. The main routes are Davos – Filisur and Chur – Ilanz – Disentis, which are traveled at a maximum speed of 100 hm/h. At 163 km/h, a Capricorn more…