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V80  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

The German federal state railway (DB) purchased ten samples of the class V80 diesel locomotive with hydraulic drivetrain in 1952. The four axle diesel for light branch and main line service were equipped with one diesel motor of Mercedes Benz, MAN or Maybach that delivered between 800 and 1000 HP. The motors had been interchangeable also between rail diesel cars VT 08, VT 11.5 and the famous V200 class. In the 1960s the V80 got a MTU MB 12 V 493 TZ diesel that had been used also in V100 class. more…

V 60  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4



Zu Beginn der 1950er-Jahre musste die junge Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) ihre Lokomotivflotte erneuern. Neben Streckenloks kamen auch Rangierloks auf die Reißbretter. Für den leichten Rangierdienst gab es etwa 500 Exemplare der Kleinloks der Typen Kö/Köf. Die modernsten, speziell für den leichten und mittelschweren Verschiebedienst beschafften Einheits-Dampflok-Baureihen BR 80 und 81 waren nur in einer bescheidenen Stückzahl von zusammen 27 Exemplaren vorhanden. Den schweren Rangierdienst more…

BR71 Einheitslok DRG DB  LokSound 5 European Sound files N XL L M4

In the early 1930s, the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft DRG included a light 1’B1’ tender locomotive for branch lines in its standard locomotive program as a replacement for light regional railway tender locomotives that could be used to pull passenger and freight trains. It was intended to be used where modern diesel railcars were too inflexible due to fluctuating passenger numbers or too weak due to the additional freight wagons that had to be carried. In order to reduce personnel costs, the more…