diesel loco Class 66 Lineas DC/AC Digital Sound

Brand
ESU
gauge
HO gauge	16,5mm
power supply
DC
AC
product type
diesel loco
technical & model details
special features	PowerPack Storage Capacitor
running number	513-10
friction tires	ja
interior lighting	driver cab, driver desk, brake light flickering
interior details	driver cab and driver desk
couplers	NEM 362 coupler pocket, bracket couplings
light	3-light peak signal & 2 tail lights, changing with direction of travel
scale	1:87
with motor	ja
smoke generator	ja
flywheel	ja
Age notice	not suitable under 14 years
digital & sound
factory fitted Digital Sound
country
Benelux	Lineas
era (continental)
era VI (since 2007)

Model: HO gauge. Structure, frame and gear boxes made of metal. Openwork ventilators in the roof area, multi-colored driver's cab with a figure of an engine driver. Multi-part bogie panels. Separately attached handrails and steps, coupling in NEM shaft guided by a link. Five-pole ESU motor with two flywheels. Drive via cardan/worm gear on four axles, four traction tires. LokSound decoder for DCC, Motorola®, M4 and Selectrix operation. Independent registration at centers with RailComPlus® or mfx® functionality. PowerPack storage capacitor for uninterruptible power supply. Double loudspeaker with large sound capsule for maximum sound enjoyment. Load-dependent smoke generator, synchronous to LokSound. Digitized original sounds, sensor-controlled sounds when cornering slowly. Lights change depending on the direction of travel, country-specific light functions, headlights on the train can be switched off, driver's cab and driver's desk lighting can be switched. Brake sparks when braking hard. Pipette for filling the smoke generator, buffer carrier accessories and a second coupling are included. Minimum passable radius = 360 mm.

Prototype: From 2001, the American Electro-Motive Division (EMD) offered the continental European railway companies (EVU) comparatively inexpensive long-distance diesel locomotives for heavy freight trains with the Class 66, which had already been tested in Great Britain. The six-axle vehicles known as the JT 42 CWR are based on the simply designed and very reliable American SD40-2. In 1999, Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG HGK was the first railway company to use two of the diesel-electric Class 66s. Since 2006, the modified JT 42 CWR M has been a second series of the Class 66, which is often referred to as the Class 77. The most striking difference to the first series is the single door to the engine room built into the left side of the locomotive. Class 66/77 can also be found today in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway and England. A total of around 650 locomotives were delivered to European customers. The elongated silhouette, adapted to the small English clearance gauge, the angular body and the chassis with the massive bogies and the wild wiring make the Class 66 unmistakable. The GM twelve-cylinder two-stroke engine 12N-710G3B-EC develops an output of 3194 hp (2350 kW) The starting traction is 409 kN, the continuous traction is 260 kN. With a maximum speed of 120 km/h, the Class 66 can keep up with other trains even on main routes. Despite the high level of noise in the driver's cab, the locomotives have earned a good reputation among train drivers when it comes to moving heavy trains on slippery rails. Numerous locomotives from other European private railways or lessees are also on the road in Germany. In order to save on the shunting locomotive, the locomotives are usually pre-hauled from the sender's siding to the train's destination, whereby it is accepted that the locomotives also travel under the contact wire.