German Railways DB

[christo]

All photos Balkanmodels: May 1989. A quartet of DB motive power units at Hannover HBF.

christo.

[2143]

Hello christo,

the last photo shows a Diesellocomotive of the V 160-Family. These engines were built from 1960 to 1969. One of them was the legendary locomotive called "Lollo".
Best regards to you

Erwin

[BalkanExpress]

Great photos full os taste! Love that decoration, that period was lovely for all railways.

Some photos from the same station, Hannover Hbf, and 'same' locos, half month ago. A pity it's all standarised...

V218 in Regio service. Hannover Hbf. June 2013

V218 in Regio service. Hannover Hbf. June 2013

Some V218 in reserve. Hannover Hbf. June 2013

Some V218 in reserve. Hannover Hbf. June 2013

BalkanExpress

[2143]

Hello Balkanexpress,

The V 160-locomotive-Family especially the legendary locomotive called:"Lollo" was a very good construction . It`s sad, that a lot of these engines are sold to private railway companies,
for example sersa. This company is a track and railway building company.
By the way: Siemens-Adtranz has built a new locomotive called:"Vectron".
I`ve never seen such a ugly locomotive!
I`ll hope,you agree with me.

Best regards

erwin

[BarbaPanagos]

good work Dimitri, with all this fine detail you have added it has to be displayed upside down



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[Dimitris]

Thanx Panagiotis.

It took me from Friday - 22.30 to Saturday - 4.50, to construct the brake-sytem, underneath the chassis, and about 2 hours on Saturday night to fix the buffers and couplings. The about 7 hours on Friday, was diffcult, as it needed most of the parts to hold them down carefully for not moving. However, I have enjoyed it.

I used for soldering, the following solder: Sn45/Pb45/Bi10, it includes: 45% - Sn + 45% - Pb + 10% - Bismuth, and it is very good for soldering brass parts, as well as it has good fatigue resistance. It melts at 145degrees Centigrade, and I put my 60W soldering-station at about 280-300degrees Centigrade to solder.

The parts that look silver are out of etched Nickel/Silver (Neusilber geätzt), and the ones that look gold are out cast-brass (Messingfeinguß).

I didn't use the solder: Sn96 / Ag4, which includes 96% - Sn + 4% - Ag. I always use that for soldering the back of the screw-couplings (Schraubenkupplung / άγγιστρο) that they hold the coil-spring by a 0,3mm - brass wire, as I have shown on previouw posts. This particular solder, makes strong-joints, and melts at 221degrees Centigrade. However, I use 300degrees Centigrade with the the soldering-station.

Dimitris

[Dimitris]

The brake-system / Bremsanlage used, was by Hik / 1931, Hildebrand-Knorr-Bremse (Hik) für Personen- und Güterzüge.

The correct one is: 1955, Knorr-Bremse mit Einheitswirkung (KE) für Personen- und Güterzüge.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knorr-Bremse

However, the only difference, is that the air-cylinder / Bremszylinder of 1931, is a little smaller in size than the one of 1955. Also, the air-reservoirs / Luftbehälte of 1931, are slightly different in shape than the 1955 ones. However, those differences are so tiny, that can be considered negligible. All the rest, are exactly 100% the same.

Thanx

Dimitri

[BarbaPanagos]

good work Dimitri, the in scale couplers and buffers are just fantastic


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[Dimitris]

Hello again.

Last part added (red arrows), whiuch was broken, when existed as plastic, only on one wagon and replaced by: 2 x 0,3mm - etched brass parts + 1 x 0,5mm brass wire - soldered.




It's not painted yet. I will post some pics, when it will be painted.

On those 2 wagons, only the KE - brake-system needed to be added, when it will be produced, as I mentioned on previous posts.

Thanx

Dimitris

[Dimitris]

Hello.

Last part added (red arrows), whiuch was broken, when existed as plastic, only on one wagon and replaced by: 2 x 0,3mm - etched brass parts + 1 x 0,5mm brass wire - soldered.
- PAINTED as I promised.




Thanx

Dimitris