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BR120DR /V200DR/Taigatrommel  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

For heavy freight service East German Deutsche Reichsbahn DR ordered 378 samples of diesel electric locos V200 (later BR 120, from 1990 on classified as BR 220). The 14D40 2-stroke prime mover develops 1471 kW at 750 rpm. Maximum speed was 100 km/h. As the locos were very loud people nick-named them Taigadrum.

CSD T478.3 /T478.4  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

T 478.3
State Railway of Csechoslowakia CSD ordered 408 samples of dieseleletric T478.3 to replace steam locos on main lines. The CKD prime mover K 12 V 230 DR develops 1460 kW at 1100 rpm. The four-axle loco reaches a maximum speed of 100 km/h.

T 478.3
State Railway of Csechoslowakia CSD ordered 86 samples of dieseleletric T478.4. The CKD prime mover K 12 V 230 DR develops 1460 kW at 1100 rpm. The four-axle loco reaches a maximum speed of 100 km/h.



F5 enables the heavy load mode: The more…

BR210  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

In 1970 the German DB built eight four axle diesel locomotives class 210 for heavy passenger service. The locos base on famous dieselhydraulic V160 series and reach a maximum speed of 160 km/h. The 210 had a MTU MA 12 V 956 TB 10 traction diesel motor and a separately shifted Avco Lycoming licensed gas turbine T 53-L 13. After two heavy defectives DB decided in 1978 to dismount the gas turbines. Till 2006 the locos were used as standard 218 and with the numbers 218 901-908.

CSD T478.1 /T478.2  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

State Railway of Csechoslowakia CSD ordered 230 samples of dieseleletric T478.1. The CKD prime mover K 6 S310 DR develops 1103 kW at 725 rpm. The four-axle loco reaches a maximum speed of 100 km/h.



F5 enables the heavy load mode: The diesel notch is always one up compared with normal operation. If you want to jump two notches, simply set CV 104 to 170 (instead of 150).

F27 turns on the manual ntoching. Once F28 is on, you can use F28 to notch up and F29 to notch down. F27, F28, and F29 must more…

BR MPV Windhoff  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

Based on the CargoSprinter railcar from the 1990s, Windhoff developed a modular platform for self-propelled railway service and rescue vehicles. The vehicles, known as Multi Purpose Vehicles MPV, are powered by two 6-cylinder MTU diesel power packs with a flanged ZF gearbox. The 780 kW four-axle vehicles reach a top speed of 100 km/h. From 1999, the British state infrastructure operator Network Rail procured a total of 18 single and 32 double units for work on the rail network.


F2 slows down more…

V100.20 / BR212  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

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).

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BR 218 / MTU-MA-12V-956-TB11  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

The classes (BR) 215 and 218 diesel locomotives of the Western German Railway (DB) are used in mixed service since 1968.

218 101 to 194, 218 242 to 288 were equipped with a 12 cylinder 4 stroke main Diesel from MAN that was later called MTU 12 V 956 TB10 that generates 2500 HP. The 2800 HP version of this motor is called MTU 12 V 956 TB11.

In the late 1980s the exhaust system of BR 218 with the 12 V motor had been optimized. Since 1995 many of the 218 are equipped with motors called "MTU 12 more…

BR227 / V170 / AA16 NoHAB MY  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

After the Second World War, various European locomotive manufacturers began developing diesel-electric locomotives, which began to displace steam traction in the USA. In Sweden, Nydqvist and Holm AB (NoHAB) acquired the license to manufacture diesel locomotives for the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in 1949. The Americans owned an export version of the F-series, which had a driver's cab at both ends. For the lighter superstructure in Europe, locos were equipped qith six instead of four axles. more…

BR130, BR131, BR132DR, BR232  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

The most famous East German diesel loco is the 132. The six axle diesel electric loco is nicknamed “Ludmilla” by train fans. 709 samples of the 3000 HP locos had been delivered by Lokomotivfabrik Woroschilowgrad in Lugansk (Soviet Union today Ukraine) between 1973 and 1983 to the In the late 1960s the railway of the German Democratic Republic (DR) ordered successors for their V200 class. The new class should have an electric heating to pull also passenger trains. The first two series (class 130 more…

BR 650  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

diesel hydraulic railcar BR650