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| Brand | |
| Lenz | |
| product type | |
| diesel loco | |
| technical & model details | |
| special features | Spring buffer |
| running number | 213 338-7 |
| interior lighting | driver cab |
| interior details | driver cab |
| scale | 1:45 |
| couplers | Lenz digital coupling |
| Length | 273 |
| light | 3-light peak signal & 2 tail lights, changing with direction of travel |
| limited & exclusive editions | x |
| motor | yes |
| flywheel | yes |
| gauge | O gauge |
| power supply | Direct current DC |
| Age notice | not suitable under 14 years. |
| digital & sound | |
| factory fitted Digital Sound | |
| country | |
| Germany | MWB |
| era (continental) | |
| era V | |
When operating with Lenz-Digital, the following functions are also available: load control with particularly good slow driving properties, adjustable acceleration and braking delay, USP - uninterrupted signal processing, ABC - automatic brake control, RailCom - bidirectional communication, remote-controlled clutch, remote-controllable original sound, Separately switchable front and rear headlights, switchable cab lighting, switchable rear light.
Prototype: As a further development of the V 80 built in 1952, the first 5 very successful test locomotives of the V 100 series were built by MaK in 1958 for multi-purpose service. In 1961/62, a further 36 pilot locomotives were delivered. After that, a total of 364 locomotives with a 1,100 HP engine and 90 km/h top speed were built, also by other manufacturers - the later class 211.
For secondary lines, the power of the BR 211 (V 100.10) with 1,100 hp was sufficient, but for lines with gradients and on main lines, a higher engine power was required. There was already a Daimler 12-cylinder in a test locomotive (V 100 006), and based on this, the V 100.20 (later redesignated BR 212) initially received engines from Daimler with 1,350 hp. Later, some of the 12 cylinders were supplied by MAN, while the majority received Daimler diesels under license from Maybach.
Of the total of 381 built, ten locomotives were equipped for steep-grade service in the mid-1960s and classified as V 100 2332 to 2341, the later BR 213. These locomotives received, for example, a hydrodynamic brake and an additional transmission oil heat exchanger, which is why the auxiliary diesel was replaced by a battery charger with an external power supply. Some of these BR 213s replaced the BR 94.5s on the Rennsteigbahn, where they are still in service today.
After all of the locomotives in these series had been z-terminated by 2005, some models are now back in service after being overhauled: as construction locomotives as well as on museum and private railroads.
But even before the development of this digital control system, Lenz had already set milestones for the model railway enthusiast, for example with the "REPA Lok-Aus" and the legendary "Teichmann controller". Lenz is constantly working on making the occupation with model railways more interesting, more varied, but also easier: USP ensures uninterrupted data transmission into the decoder even when power is interrupted from the track, ABC ensures pinpoint stops in front of signals, RailCom delivers information from the locomotive back to the digital system.
Lenz's entry into 0 gauge has not only been well received by "veteran" zero gauge enthusiasts, but has also inspired numerous model railway enthusiasts to enter/with this great gauge. Lenz is continuously expanding its programme here as well, but still attaches great importance to the greatest possible faithfulness to the prototype, exceptional technology and high quality standards.