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BR18.4 / BR18.5 Bayr. S3/6  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

In 1908 the locomotive factory J.A. Maffei was commissioned by the Royal Bavarian State Railway to develop a new express locomotive based on the IVf delivered to the Baden State Railway. The series a-c and f-i with 1870 mm high driving wheels were designated as series 18.4 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft DRG, as were the series d and e equipped with 2000 mm driving wheels. The four-cylinder compound locomotives produced 1,770 hp and reached 120 km/h with very good driving more…

Ae 3/6 I  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

Swiss old type electric locomotive
Ae 3/6
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Eurosprinter  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

Siemens Dispolok, "Eurosprinter ES 64 P", Sound for BR 127, BR 152, BR 182 and BR189, RENFE S 252 and CP LE5600

Ae 3/6 II  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

old type electric locomotive Ae 3/6 II

ETAT 231 981-996, SNCF  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

After the First World War, the French ETAT received 16 examples of the Bavarian express train locomotive type S3/6. The four-cylinder locomotives were classified as 3-231 A981-996. The three-coupled locomotives, which had 1770 hp and could reach speeds of 120 km/h, were used in the south-west of France and proved very effective on express and passenger trains. During the Second World War, the German occupying forces drove the locomotives to southern Germany and returned them to scrap after the more…

Universal Schmalspur  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

Most narrow-gauge railways were built and, at least initially, operated by private companies. The state railways usually coded the track gauge in the class designation, and sometimes also the wheel arrangement. The operating number was generally assigned consecutively. With the integration of many railways into the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), the class designations, which consisted of letters and numbers (e.g., Tssd, IV k, or Gts 2x 3/3), were standardized and only numbers were more…

Universal 3 Zylinder  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4


The first German three-cylinder steam locomotive to be built in large numbers was the Prussian S10.2 (BR 17) in 1914. Among the reasons given were its lower weight compared to the four-cylinder S10.1 and its favorable starting characteristics. The latter also played a role in the choice of a three-cylinder drive for the Prussian P10 (BR 39) passenger locomotive and the G12 (BR 58) freight locomotive. A disadvantage compared to the two-cylinder locomotives was the more difficult maintenance due more…

Universal 2 Zylinder  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

Two-cylinder locomotives were considered easier to drive and relatively undemanding compared to three- or four-cylinder locomotives. Huge numbers of the standard freight train class 50 and the war locomotive 52, which was developed from it, were built, with more than 3,000 and more than 6,200 examples, respectively, running in almost all neighboring countries. It is therefore no surprise that the most-produced tank locomotives, by far the most produced, were the class 64 (520 units) and 86 (774 more…

BR 52 Kondenstender DRB  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

From 1942 the class 52 was derived from the light but powerful class 50 goods train tender locomotive developed from 1937 and mass-produced from 1939. Despite numerous simplifications, the war locomotive with 1640 hp had the same performance as the 50 and also reached 80 km/h when driving forwards. Initially, smoke deflectors were also dispensed with, but after a short time smaller Witte plates were retrofitted compared to the 50. So that the locomotives could withstand the winter in the more…

BR06 Einheitslok DRG  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

In order to be able to pull express trains more quickly in the hill country, the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft DRG was already planning the 06, which was equipped with four coupling axles, parallel to the commissioning of the first 05. The 06, which was also designed with three cylinders, had an output of 2,800 hp and reached a top speed of 140 km/h. According to contemporary reports, the tractive power of both locomotives delivered in 1939 was impressive, but damage to the boiler frequently more…