Deutsche Bahn 127 001-6
Last updated: August 07, 1997
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| Photo: | Peter Wittmann, transferred from Kodak Photo-CD via Corel Photo-Paint 4.0 | ||
| Date: | March 01, 1995 | ||
| Location: | München Hbf |
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| Description: | DB 127 001-6, also known as "EuroSprinter" was build from Krauss-Maffei AG,
München and Siemens AG, Erlangen as demonstrator at the cost of it's own. It
is a successor of the Spain State Railway (RENFE) class S 252 for the high
speed line Madrid - Sevilla and the Portugal State Railway (CP) class LE 5600.
On August 6, 1993 the locomotive hit a speed of 310 km/h (193 mph) at a test
run between Würzburg and Fulda without any modification. This is a world
record for locomotives with three-phase current propulsion. Trains like the
ICE or TGV are considered as M.U.'s in Europe.
In 1995 the Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) ordered 195 freight locomotives, class 152, on the basis of the "EuroSprinter". Krauss-Maffei AG and Siemens AG will deliver 6 locomotives to the Greece State Railway (OSE) on the basis of the "EuroSprinter". Greece will start electrical operation in 1997 and the new locomotives will be the first with electrical propulsion. They will have a continuous power rating of 5000 KW and will be used both for fast freight trains and fast passanger trains with a high speed of 200 km/h.
The first of the new "HellasSprinter" (H 561 - H 566) left the workshops of Krauss-Maffei in summer 1997.
The new locomotives will now be tested at the Siemens-Prüfcenter in Wegberg-Wildenrath.
After delivery to Greece, they will be used on the line Idomeni - Thessaloniki. When the
electrification of the line Thessaloniki - Athens will be finished, they will be used there too.
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| Builder: | Krauss-Maffei AG, München Siemens AG, Erlangen |
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| Builder Date: | 1992 | ||
| Builder Number: | KM 20075 | ||
| Wheel Arrangement: | Bo' Bo' (B truck) | ||
| Wheel diameter: | 1 250 mm | ||
| Current System: | one-phase AC 15KV / 16,7 Hz | ||
| Electrical Equipment: | three-phase current asynchronous motors with GTO-transistors | ||
| Lenght: | 19 580 mm | ||
| Truck Wheelbase: | 3 000 mm | ||
| Length between center of truck rotation: | 9 900 mm | ||
| Weight: | 86 t | ||
| Maximum Speed: | 230 km/h (143 mph) | ||
| Continuous Power Rating: | 6400 kW 7000 kW with watercooled GTO's since 1995 |
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| Maximum Tractive Effort: | 300 kN | ||
| Continuous Tractive Effort: | 280 kN at 83,5 km/h | ||
| [1] | Werner Görlitz: Euro-Sprinter - Universallokomotive für Europa. SER 1-2/1994, pp. 23-35, MINIREX AG, Postfach 3720, CH-6002 Luzern, 1994. |
| [2] | Vorführung des Euro-Sprinters in der Schweiz. SER 3/1994, pp. 59-61, MINIREX AG, Postfach 3720, CH-6002 Luzern, 1994. |
| [3] | Kurt Müri: Versuchsfahrten mit dem Euro-Sprinter auf der BLS. SER 3/1994, pp. 62-68, MINIREX AG, Postfach 3720, CH-6002 Luzern, 1994. |
| [4] | Fragen an Wolfram O. Martinsen, Vorsitzender des Bereichsvorstandes Verkehrstechnik der Siemens AG. SER 3/1994, pp. 69-72, MINIREX AG, Postfach 3720, CH-6002 Luzern, 1994. |
| [5] | Eurosprinter offiziell vorgestellt. SER 3/1993, pp. 165, MINIREX AG, Postfach 3720, CH-6002 Luzern, 1994. |
| [6] | Rüdiger Block: Karriere: Von der 120 zur Europa-Lok. Eisenbahn-Kurier 8/91, pp. 32-35, Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag Gmbh, Freiburg, Germany, 1991. |
| [7] | Günter Katzer: Der EuroSprinter in Schweden und Norwegen. Eisenbahn-Kurier 1/94, pp. 6-7, Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag Gmbh, Freiburg, Germany, 1991. |
| [7] | Uwe Cieslak: Zukunftstechnik im Test - Der "EuroSprinter" und andere Versuchsloks. Eisenbahn Magazin 3/93, pp. 17-23 , Alba Publikation, Postfach 110150, 40501 Düsseldorf, 1993. |
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