The Class 68 is a brand new diesel-electric bo-bo locomotive commissioned by DRS for intermodal and passenger services. The design is based on the Vossloh Eurolight with 4 axles and a 3800 hp diesel engine and is built at the Vossloh factory in Spain. DRS originally ordered an initial fifteen locomotives, the first of which has been in service since early 2014. The locomotive is capable of travelling at 160 kilometres per hour and has a state-of-the-art adhesion control system that ensures high utilisation of the available traction energy. More locomotives have been added to the UK fleet, so now there are 25 and a further 9 are on order. Stadler is now assembling the Class 68 alongside the Class 88.
equipped with:
- Flywheel
- Finescale wheels
- Dapol Super Creep Motor
- DCC digital decoder with sound
- Light change based on British model
- Close coupling gate
- NEM coupling sockets
- Standard N couplings
Art.-no. | Dapol_2D-022-007S |
Gauge | 1:148 |
EAN | 5016927029852 |
Categories | Rolling stock, Locomotive, diesel |
Epoch | VI |
Railway company | Great Britain |
Decoder standard | yes |
Sound standard | yes |
Flywheel | yes |
Electrical system | Spur N 2-Leiter Gleichstrom |
Decoder type | DCC mit Sound |
Interface | Elektrische Schnittstelle für Triebfahrzeuge Next18 |
Coupler | Schacht NEM 355 mit KK-Kinematik |
Headlights | Lichtwechsel weiß/rot nach britischem Vorbild |
Motor | 5-poliger Motor |
Original country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) |
Length over buffer (mm) | 140mm |
Min. radius (mm) | 228mm |
Drivel axles | 4 |