Prototype:
Deutz manufactured the KG230 for industrial customers in the early 1960s. Many are still in use today. The Deutz air cooled A12L714 was used and generated 230ps at 2,000rpm. Maximum speed was between 20 and 30kph depending on the customers requirements and additional mass was added depending on the track used by the customers so the weight was between 26t and 36t. Deutz manufactured 64 locos with a further 3 built by Henschel.
Picture of a KG230B at Preussag
Technical details:
• Metal frames and body
• Openwork fan grille at the front of the long bonnet
• Finely detailed multi-coloured driver's cab
• Numerous details attached separately to the chassis
• Separately attached steps
• Freestanding hand rails
• Spring buffers
• Train driver figure
• Height-adjustable digital shunting coupling for standard European loop couplings
• Motor with bell shaped armature with flywheel mass
• Drive on both axles, one traction tyre
• LokSound 5 micro decoder for DCC, Motorola®, M4 and Selectrix® operation
• RailComPlus® functionality
• PowerPack storage capacitor for uninterruptible power supply
• Speaker with large sound capsule for maximum sound enjoyment
• Universal electronics can be run with 2 rail DCC or 3 rail AC systems (Using plug in 3rd rail skid)
• Smoke generator synchronous to the locomotive sound
• Digitized original sounds of a KG230 B with 12-cylinder Deutz engine A12 L 714
• Direction-dependent light change, lights can be switched off on the train side, driver's cab and driver's console lighting
• Brake sparks during sharp braking
• Chassis lighting
• Pipette for filling the smoke generator is enclosed
• Two different antennas are enclosed
• Length over buffer = 92.3 mm
New item 2023 Prototype:
After the Second World War, the famous crocodiles or other older types still dominated the Swiss Gotthard Line. In order to take account of the increased train weights and the desire for higher speed, the Swiss Federal Railways commissioned SBB to develop an axle-less bogie electric locomotive. Technically, this should be based on the successful Ae 4/4 of the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway BLS. SLM and BBC were in charge, handing over the pre-production locomotives Ae 6/6 11401 and 11402 to the SBB in 1952. The six drive motors of all Ae 6/6 deliver 4300 kW and accelerate them to 125 km/h. The internationally proven BBC spring drive was chosen as the drive. As the new pride of the Swiss railways, the locomotives were provided with chrome strips all around, with a shorter, externally slanted chrome trim on the front sides to the left and right of the Swiss cross, called “snout” by the Swiss. The series locomotives differed significantly from the pre-production locomotives in that they had modified roof equipment with a new main switch and the absence of doors next to the locomotive driver's position. Since the locomotive body began to rust under the chrome strips after several years, the SBB ordered the Ae 6/6 without chrome decoration starting in 1959, starting with the number 11427. In the 1980s, many locomotives were painted red, in the 1990s the driver's cabs were revised, and from 2003 onwards the driver's cabs of the locomotives intended for further use were rebuilt, which meant, for example, that the windshield wiper drives that were previously mounted above the front windows moved downwards. The most striking external change, however, was the repainting of some modernized locomotives in red/blue with large SBB Cargo lettering. By 2013, all Ae 6/6 not intended for museum preservation had been retired.
• Completely new model
• Metal structure and frame
• Digitally raised and lowered pantographs
• Coupling in a slide-guided NEM shaft
• Bell armature motor with flywheel
• Drive via cardan/worm gear on four axles, four traction tires
• LokSound 5 decoder for DCC, Motorola®, M4 and Selectrix operation
• Independent registration at control centers with RailComPlus® or mfx® functionality
• Universal electronics with plug-in 3rd rail shoe and slide switch for switching between 2-rail and 3-rail operation
• Two high-quality speakers with large sound Chambers for maximum sound enjoyment
• Digitized original sounds of an Ae 6/6
• Squeaking noise when cornering slowly due to curve sensor
• Light changes depending on the direction of travel, headlights on the train side can be switched off, Swiss top lights signals switchable, driver's cab and driver's desk lighting, engine room lighting
• Brake sparks when braking sharply
• Multi-part bogie panels with numerous separately attached parts
• Separately attached handle bars and steps, etched surround on the front sides
• Clear view of the largely detailed engine room
• Finely detailed, multicolored driver's cabs, locomotive driver figure
• Spring-loaded buffers
• Buffer carrier accessories and a second coupling are included
• Minimum passable radius = 360 mm
• Length over buffers = 211.5 mm
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Rapido have produced an all new model of the dual power FL9. These units were upgraded in the mid 1980s and some received classic liveries from companies no longer in existence.
US models are a bit of a departure for me but these turned up at one of our wholesalers and they really look good - the side grills and roof details are particularly fine as is the application of the livery
The model has illuminated Headlamps, number boards and driver ladder lights
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Rotating roof fans
Digital sound and fan controlled smoke generator
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Our Price £395 (rrp £525)
