Steam locomotive 043 903 of the German Federal Railway.
■ Silver boiler rings
■ Unobstructed view between boiler and chassis
■ Centre driving axles with smaller wheel flanges
■ Operation in heavy goods train service
■ Digitally switchable light and sound functions
■ Driver’s cab interior lighting digitally switchable
■ Engine lighting with 3 lamps per side digitally switchable
These steam locomotives, known due to the high traction force as “Jumbo” engines, were used almost through the whole of Germany and in many other European cities. Its top speeds were 80 km/h moving forwards, and 50 km/h in reverse operation. Some of these already highly powerful engines were further improved by the German Federal Railways to 2,100 PS (1,546 kW) when they were converted from 1955 to oil-firing. From 1968, the oil-fired DB locomotives were given the class designation 043.
| Specifications: |
| General data |
| Interior fitting |
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Driver's cab |
| Coupling |
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Close coupler motion link between locomotive and tender |
| Coupling |
|
NEM shaft 355 with close coupling mechanism |
| Minimum radius |
|
192 mm |
| Number of axles with traction tyres |
|
2 |
| Number of driven axles |
|
2 |
| Electrical |
| Interior lighting |
|
Yes |
| Interior lighting |
|
LED |
| Interior lighting |
|
Digital switchable |
|
|
| Interior lighting |
|
Driver's cab lighting |
| Head light |
|
Digitally switchable triple front headlights |
| Interface |
|
Electrical interface for traction units Next18 |
| Digital decoder |
|
Next18 |
| Decoder type |
|
MS590N18 |
| Sound |
|
yes |
| LED head light |
|
yes |
| Additional light function |
|
yes |
| Measurements |
| Length over buffer |
|
141 mm |
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