[Kuju] EMD Class 66

Hi,

momentan arbeitet man bei Kuju an einer neuen Lok, die bereits die kommende Zeit zum Download bereitstehen soll: Die EMD Class 66.

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RSDL are pleased to announce our newest official locomotive, the EMD Class 66

With privatisation of the UK railways in the mid 1990s much of the freight traffic was bought by Wisconsin Central Transportation Company (later to operate under the name of English Welsh & Scottish or EWS once sale of the business was complete). Having inherited over 900 locomotives related to much of the UK’s freight operations, many of which were life expired, WCTC quickly announced their intention to replace much of the fleet with brand new 75mph heavy duty motive power....

Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in London, Ontario, Canada, the Class 66 is actually a second generation locomotive, based on the Class 59 built and introduced 10 years earlier.

EWS made an initial order of 250 brand new Class 66 locomotives from EMD in May 1996, and delivery of the first took place only 18 months later. This was the start of a massive transformation in UK freight motive power.

The Class 66 features a 12-cylinder, two stroke diesel engine with overhead camshafts and a high efficiency turbo charger giving it a rating of 3,300 horse power. Its Co-Co wheel design was a minimum requirement to fit its bulky 126 tonnes of equipment into the restricted British loading gauge and axle loading specifications. For an idea of this machine's capability, the earlier Class 59 during testing was clocked hauling a train weighing 4386 tonnes up a 1 in 125 gradient!

Such has been the reputation of the Class 66 that since that initial order from EWS in 1996, some 515 more locomotives have been delivered to a handful more freight operators (377 of which still operate in the UK). EMD also confirm that a further 132 are also in production, and that 150 more could be on order.

News on the release of the EMD Class 66 pack for Rail Simulator will be available shortly.

Rail Simulator Development Team

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Quelle: http://www.railsimulator.com/en/EMDClass66

Ganz aufmerksame werden wahrscheinlich bereits die zweite Lackvariante der Class 66 auf der Homepage entdeckt haben...

Viele Grüße

Ingo

Ich habe da nach genauerem und längerem Hinsehen eben auch gesehen, aber vorher wäre mir das nicht aufgefallen. Ich weiß aber auch nicht, ob das wirklich so verkehrt ist...? Eine schwarze Lok ist natürlich nicht schwarz. Wenn das Fahrzeug den Wetterbedingungen ausgesetzt ist, sind solche Farbveränderungen durchaus denkbar.

Viele Grüße

Ingo