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In the early 1990s, a majority of Germany's express passenger services were undertaken by
locomotives that date back to the 1970s including the DB BR 103 and DB BR 120. Both once-
revolutionary locomotives had more than outlived their purpose where they were now
hauling heavier trains than they had ever been designed for, this resulted in a lot of damage
over time with increasingly poor reliability rates and maintenance costs. Germany was in
desperate need of a new express passenger locomotive.
Following the reunification of Germany, the newly formed Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) went on
the lookout for designs, with many manufacturing companies bidding for the deal. There
were over 30 designs in the second phase of bidding some of which were quickly eliminated,
in particular the non-German manufacturers. One company in particular, ABB Henschel,
didn't even have a design ready to show, but more of a concept known as the eco2001. The
eco2001 was basically 2 modified DB BR 120s, with changes to various components that
massively increases the reliability of the locomotives.
In 1994, DB signed a deal with ABB which would develop into an order of 145 locomotives
the following year, with the first locomotive completed and displayed in the Orient Red livery
by July 1996. Around this time, ABB had merged with AEG to form ADtranz, this was
beneficial because it meant the future DB BR 101s would be built quicker in multiple
locations. Different components were built at a variety of facilities, with the final assembly
taking place in Poland. The first DB BR 101 officially entered service in February 1997.
The DB BR 101 was designed and procured to be an efficient, high speed passenger
locomotive and is capable of achieving this in part due to the carefully structured sloped
front and rear of the locos. This slope may look extreme in places, but it optimises
streamlined efficiency to its maximum especially when compared to its cost-effectiveness.
The slope is also designed not to disrupt the flow of air between the rear of the locomotive
and whatever it may be hauling. The DB BR 101 was also designed with bogies derived from
the ICE series, as a basis for potential speed modifications in the future, as fast as 250 km/h.
All 145 locomotives were completed by 1999 and entered service hauling express passenger
services across the Deutsche Bahn network including the likes of the Nuremberg – Munich
High Speed Line where the 101s operate the fastest regional service in Germany at 200
km/h. All the DB BR 101s are based in Hamburg where they receive their periodic safety
checks and maintenance, they were originally based in Frankfurt, but with the rapid increase
of the various ICE series' and push-pull operated consists, they were moved to Hamburg
despite the amount of driver training that would require, the 101s sometimes visit
Nuremburg for major maintenance works.
The basis of the DB BR 101 has its roots in some of the most ground breaking electric
locomotives, so much so it shares a lot of heritage with the popular TRAXX series of
locomotives and a variation of the DB BR 101 was ordered for a most unlikely customer, New
Jersey Transit, which in the early 2000s worked with ADtranz/Bombardier to procure their
ALP-46 and ALP-46A locomotives.
Ключевые особенности
• Authentic and prototypical simulation of the DB BR 101
• Complex regulation system with AFB and LZB
• Prototypical PZB90 V2.0
• Time-Time SIFA
• Brake modes R-P-G
• Brake system with overcharging of the main air pipe pressure
• High braking for the locomotive brakes in R
• Delayed and smoothly regulated e-brake
• Pantographs selectable and preselectable with sparks with sound
• Double formation and push-pull formation
• Spoken system announcements with priority
• Usable EBuLa (very basic)
• Switchable instrument lights
• Reading lamp and cab light
• Wipers with interval control
• vR ZZA and door system compatible
• SSTF like doors interlocking system
• Selectable language
• Realistic sounds optimized for EFX
• Challenging career scenarios for the West Rhine: Köln - Koblenz route
• Quick Drive compatible
Сценарии
The DB BR 101 Loco Add-on includes three challenging career scenarios for the West Rhine:
Köln - Koblenz Route:
• EC 115 to Klagenfurt
• IC 2226 to Kiel
• ICE 558 replacement service to Bonn