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Re: New German Diesel Locomotive
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:50:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, James Mathis wrote:
Dear James,
once again you have amazed me with a briliant LEGO® model after an existing
design. I have not been too familiar with this kind of loco (in fact I have
never seen a BR 232 in in real life, although I live near a bigger train
line).
I saw these engines of you a few days ago
and thought they were “nice”. Now I see the prototypes
and I know yours are in fact georgeous models!
I think you know the prototypes have been made in the former USSR and are
known under two nicknames: “Ludmilla” and “Taigatrommel” (=Taiga-Drum)
because of the very noisy (and dirty) diesels...
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Being a trainhead, I have to correct you on this one. The nickname
“Taigatrommel” does NOT correspond with this class. The “Taigatrommel” is a
class BR 220 (former DR class V120), the more rounded predecessor of this class
BR 232. Nicknames for the BR 232 are “Ludmilla” and “Russenschreck”.
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Since the German reunion with the merge of “DR” and “DB” these seam to be
spread all over Germany as I just have read - some are even rent to the
Netherlands railway.
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Correct, a few with modified engines as class BR 241 are used for steeltrains
between Beverwijk - Amsterdam - Arnhem - into Germany. Others, still as class BR
232, for several freighttrains between Maasvlakte - Kijfhoek (south of
Rotterdam) - Venlo - into Germany. Some still show ‘DB Cargo’ on the sides,
others show ‘Railion’.
Niels
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) You are surly right Niels, but a google search gave me several hits, where both engines V120/220 and 232 have been called Taigatrommel. Obviously lots of people haven't noticed the design change and used that name on all USSR diesels in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New German Diesel Locomotive
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| (...) Dear James, once again you have amazed me with a briliant LEGO® model after an existing design. I have not been too familiar with this kind of loco (in fact I have never seen a BR 232 in in real life, although I live near a bigger train line). (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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