ESU 31440 diesel locomotive KG 230 B "3 Kali & Salz", Ep. IV (incl. sound) DC+AC

ESU 31440 diesel locomotive KG 230 B "3 Kali & Salz", Ep. IV (incl. sound) DC+AC Product Details

Description

In the power class of a Köf III, Deutz offered the two-axle diesel-hydraulic KG 230 B starting in 1962. KG stands for small locomotive with cardan shaft drive, 230 for the output in hp and B for the axle arrangement. The in-house air-cooled twelve-cylinder A12L714 engine produced 230 hp at 2000 rpm. The seven KG 230s built for explosion-sensitive plants carried a water-cooled six-cylinder diesel engine as a deviation. The transmissions of most locomotives were set to a maximum speed of between 20 and 30 km/h in favor of tractive effort. Depending on the track situation, the orderers had additional metal placed in the frame area so that the locomotives could be ordered with a weight of 26 to 36 tons. The two locomotives of Bayernhafen AG and the BEHALA locomotives even had multiple control systems. Despite their advanced age, many of the two-axle locomotives still in service today still carry their original engines. Since most of the companies owned only a few locomotives, they were kept in good technical condition, since they could not be dispensed with. The few employees who had been trained on the locomotives knew exactly the limits of their locomotives over the years, and the simple and robust truck technology could often be kept running with "onboard resources" from the plant. Deutz delivered a total of 64, Henschel another three KG 230 B mainly to German owners, but also to France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. One was procured by the German Federal Post Office, and other locomotives in government service were with the Italian State Railways FS and the Spanish RENFE. The list of owners reads like a who's who of major European industry: BASF, RAG, Wintershall, BP, DEA, Shell, VTG, Arbed, Thyssen, Mannesmann, Feldmühle AG, Krupp Stahl, Rheinpreußen, Rhenus, RWE, Ford, MAN, Volkswagen, Kali + Salz, Portland Zement, Holcim Zement, Südzucker AG. Port logistics in Aschaffenburg, Berlin, Braunschweig, Bremerhaven, Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hanover, Regensburg and at Luxport in Wasserbillig also relied on the stability and tractive power of the air-cooled two-axle trucks. The high quality of the design is demonstrated by the fact that the locomotives are not scrapped when there is no demand, but are sold on. In elegant red paint, a locomotive at the 241-A-65 club carefully moves valuable museum vehicles.

Features:

• ESU - Diesel locomotive KG 230 B "3 Kali & Salz", Ep. IV (incl. sound) DC+AC
• Metal frame and superstructure
• Opened fan grille at the front of the long front end
• Finely detailed multicolored engineer's cab
• Numerous separately applied details on the chassis
• Separately applied and partially openwork steps
• Freestanding handlebars
• Spring buffers
• Locomotive engineer figure
• Height-adjustable digital shunting coupler for all bow couplers
• Bell-type armature motor with flywheel mass
• Drive on both axles, one traction tire
• LokSound 5 micro decoder for DCC, Motorola®, M4, and Selectrix® operation
• Independent registration to command stations with RailComPlus® functionality
• PowerPack storage capacitor for uninterruptible power supply
• Loudspeaker with large sound capsule for maximum sound enjoyment
• Universal electronics with plug-in slider and slide switch for switching between two-wire and center-wire operation
• 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, train-side head signal can be switched off, shunting, cab and driver's desk lighting
• Brake spark during sharp braking
• Chassis lighting
• Pipette for filling the smoke generator is included
• Two different antennas are included
• length over buffer = 92,3 mm