DCC + SX + Sound Diesellok V 160 DB Ep.III

Model Features:
- factory-equipped with sound
- Pulling signal
- Cab lighting
- Model speed
- 5-pole motor
- All axles driven
- Standard shaft according to NEM 355
- Finest printing and painting
- Changing headlights in the direction of travel
- Improved traction

To the model:
Until the mid-fifties, engine technology did not allow the construction of a full-service diesel locomotive with just one engine and sufficient power. Consequently, the series V200 and V200.1 with two drive systems to meet their performance program. However, the manufacturers were working hard on more powerful engines and by the end of the decade, a power output of 1400kW from a plant was no longer an illusion. As early as 1956, Krupp started developing a medium-haul diesel locomotive with an engine, steam heating and a Vmax of 120 km / h. In 1960, Krupp and Henschel delivered a total of ten pre-production machines, nine of which were given the nickname "Lollo" because of their appearance, based on Gina Lollobrigida. The tenth locomotive had already a sober much edgerier form, which was much cheaper to produce and therefore was taken over for the series. The machines proved themselves in the freight train service and travel traffic and were built after the extensive testing from 1964 - 1968 in series. In total, Krupp, Henschel, KHD, Krauss-Maffei and MaK delivered 214 series locomotives. They were used throughout Germany, with the delivery of the BR 218 and the increasing use of electric train heating, more and more in freight transport. After the model locomotives were eliminated until 1984, the shutdown of the series locomotives began in 1993. In travel, more and more railcars were used, which led to a further displacement of diesel locomotives. The goods traffic went back and from the DR came the BR 232, in which a locomotive often replaced a double traction. By 2004, all 216 were retired, but many locomotives went to private RUs at home and abroad, of which even some returned and are in their original state in use. The DB Museum receives among others the 216 003 in Lübeck and 216 067 in Koblenz.

technical data of the model locomotive:
- 1st year of construction: 1964
- Total length: 16 m
- Speed: 120 km / h
- service mass: 75.5 t
- PS: 1900
- kW: 1398