Product Features and Details
Model: of diesel hydraulic general-purpose locomotive of the BR 212 in the livery of epoch IV models True colors and lettering in the typical paint beige / turquoise of the 70s and 80s. Drive with two ball bearing motors on all axles, built mfx / DCC Sound decoder with extensive sound functions such as engine noise, compressor, horn and many others. Headlights are warm white LEDs, with the direction of travel can be controlled digitally. Inset windows, cab arrangement and traction tires. Length over the buffers 45 cm.
The diesel locomotives of the series V 100 were first developed in the 1950s to replace the steam engine series 64 and 86 and were intended for light duty on primary and mixed service on secondary lines. As a model, the V was 80, however, the new Lok should be significantly cheaper. In collaboration with the BZA Munich MaK was commissioned in Kiel with the development. In the late fall of 1958 yielded five MaK advance locomotives V 100001-005 (later V 100 from 1001 to 1005, from 1968: 211001-005) with 1,100 hp engines and V 100 006 (later 100 V 2001 from 1968: 212,001 ) who had received a 1,350-horsepower engine. 1961/62 took place then the order of 20 Vorausloks series V 100.20 with the more powerful 1,350-horsepower engine as "light mainline locomotive". Between 1963 and 1966, the German industry yielded two series with a total of 360 copies of this stronger variant. For use on the steep section Rastatt - Freudenstadt 1965 ten machines (V 100 from 2332 to 2341) were diverted and equipped with hydrodynamic brake of the last series. Characteristic of the V 100 was its square, angular shape that clearly leant to the V 60th The engine power was transmitted through a flexible coupling and universal joint shaft on the hydraulic Voith transmissions, which (100 km / h Vmax) or shunting (Vmax 65 km / h) allowed by a stepped transmission driving in track transition. A redesign were the bogies of welded tubular construction, involving over Silentblocs the wheel set were fixed. The machinery in the front porch was good longer accessible from the outside through a dome-shaped sliding door. Universally applicable, these machines ran against light and medium passenger, express and freight trains on main and branch lines. 1968 received the V 100.20, the computer-oriented series designation 212, the Steilstreckenloks ran as series 213. From the mid-1990s, their use declined significantly, the termination of the last locomotives in the freight division of DB AG (Railion) in December 2004. Decommissioned locomotives migrated mostly not on the scrap, but were mostly sold through Lokhändler. Many are now used in railway construction companies in France and Italy. But German private railways and foreign state railways were and are still thankful buyers of the V 100.20 (212). Even the DB application is not yet quite on the proven equipment. Twelve repowered copies running today in the DB Vehicle Services GmbH and six 212/213 are in the DB railway construction group to find GmbH. Fifteen pieces are converted into a series 714 of the DB Netz emergency equipment available and serve as Zugloks for rescue trains, which are mainly intended for emergency use on new lines.
