Bulletin: BR130, BR131, BR132DR, BR232

Manufacturer: ESU, Item number: S0042, Version: V2-R2

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 and 131) did not have a heating equipment yet. In 1973 the first of 709 samples of the electric heater equipped 132 class had been delivered to the DR. The externally quite similar 130/131/132 had a diesel electric drive and a 3000 HP 16 cylinder 4 stroke prime mover 16 Tsch N26/26 5 D 49 from Russian Kolomna plant. In 1977 the DR added six 4000 HP units called class 142 that based on the 132. In the 1990s after the DR and the western German DB merged the 130 and 131 were scrapped or sold and many of the now called BR 232 (ex 132) had been equipped with new vents to lower the noise. Some received new Kolomna motors, too and were named BR 233. Some of the 232 are still in freight service at the DB. Many of the 130/131/142 are in use of private railways. The whole loco family is known under the nickname Ludmilla in Germany.

KeyFunctionsSound slotsVolume CVsVolume values
F0front light
F1sound on/off1, 5, 22, 30259, 291, 427, 491120, 125, 30, 25
F2Air Horn (high)3275170
F3Air Horn (tief)4283190
F4radiator fan while standing on/off5, 32291, 507125, 0
F5sound fader
F6acceleration/brake time, shunting mode/shunting speed2141930
F7curve squeal15371103
F8AUX#1
F9compressed air let off932354
F10conductor's signal1033180
F11coupler clank831560
F12release/apply train brake3149940
F13release/apply locomotive brake1335577
F14station announcement #1 (saxon)14363210
F15ESU smoke generator
F16open/close cab door1234790
F17brake function 12545160
F18station announcement #2 (standard german)19403140
F19double air horn signal28475190
F20brake function 2 (electric brake/brake fans)2444393
F21switch flange18395100
F22radio conversion #1 (shunting distance)27467125
F23radio conversion #226459125
F24compressor629987
F25sanding valve1133940
F26rail clank17387100
F27manual notching logic on/off2948320
F28manual notching up
F29manual notching down
F30disable brake squeal sound

Make sure that index CV31 is set to 16 and index CV32 is set to 1 before changing a volume CV.