This is one amazing looking piece of rail equipment. I wish I knew what it was for with its unique shape & superlative paint scheme. Well done, GERMAN RAIL. PCA for whatever it is.
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I second Steve's comments! I feel like I want to know more about this odd unit and I want to see it run!
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Google DB 202 003 and you'll get the info.
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Interesting unit - appears to be in a museum, and I would like to know more about it. However - to see it run, I would request it be painted in a better paint scheme, and then have ten Styrofoam Bowling Pins set up on the track for this thing to hit! LOL! Looks a little like a Bowling Ball. Nice photo though GERMAN RAIL!
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Wild! I would not call this an ugly locomotive, though it's certainly unique! Looks like something right out of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Apparently, it was one of three experimental German light weight diesel electric locomotives built in the early 70's, this one, the sole unit to be streamlined. Seems it never made it past prototype, so it would seem odd it was preserved - but glad it was! Thanks for sharing!
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Hi thats was the UmAn Testbed for Highspeed Trains. The ICE is based on the findings of it.
Felix
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Manufacturers' designation Henschel-BBC DE2500. Maximum speed of this unit - 250 km/h (160 mph).
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At the beginning of the 1980s, the 202 003 high-speed bogies were tested with Umkoppelbarer drive mass ("UmAn"). The traction motors could be connected to the bogie frame or the main frame in order to gain insights for the drive technology at high speed. The locomotive was approved for speeds of up to 250 km/h, which was easily reached during test runs. For this purpose the gear ratio was changed, temporarily the locomotive on one side received a provisional streamlined stem with windows of the Class 103. In a maximum speed attempt on a BBC-built Roller test Bench In Munich-Man Were even measured at 310 km/h. This specimen is currently Deutsches Technik Museum Berlin.
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Superblob!
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| Posted by on April 6, 2018 | |
This engine is not symetrical. he other end is different, does not have this rounded nose.
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