- Description
| Brand | |
| Lenz | |
| Gauge | |
| O gauge | 32 mm |
| product type | |
| diesel locos | |
| technical & model details | |
| interior lighting | Führerstand |
| interior details | Führerstand |
| couplers | Lenz-Digitalkupplung |
| light | 3-Licht Spitzensignal & 2 Schlusslichter, mit Fahrtrichtung wechselnd |
| scale | 1:45 |
| motor | yes |
| length (mm) | 364 |
| Digital & Sound | |
| Digital sound ex factory | x |
| country | |
| Germany | DB |
| era | |
| era IV | |
With more than 800 units, the V 160 series is one of the most frequently used line diesel locomotives in the DB. The V 160 family includes, among other things, the series 215 to 219, 225 and 226. They were used in simple branch line and regional transport as well as in front of freight trains, express trains and intercity trains. The 218 series is the latest development in the V 160 family. It has an electric train heater and a 2500 to 2800 hp engine, which made the auxiliary diesel of the heating generator superfluous. Train heating and push-pull train control ultimately made the 218 a universal locomotive for passenger and freight train services, some of which is still in use today.
Lenz Elektronik GmbH, Vogelsang 14, 35398 Gießen, Deutschland, support@lenz-elektronik.de, www.lenz-elektronik.de
Lenz has been active in the field of model railways for over 30 years. Many of the technologies for model railway control that are taken for granted today are developments from the house of Lenz. The so-called DCC format for the digital control of model railways of all sizes is used worldwide and is thus the most widely used control system of all, declared a standard by the NMRA in 1993.
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.