European Gas Turbine Digital w/Sound (Metal, not brass)

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MODEL New (Please also see description for exact conditions) SHIPMENT Shipping Worldwide PAYMENT PAYPAL USD $ EURO € GBP £ AUD $ International Remittance to our Global Bank Account (w/BIC & IBAN code) GUARANTEE We guarantee a rapid, problem-free and above all correct completion. Trustdeal-for-you has accumulated thousands of POSITIVE feedbacks. We have achieved this through HONESTY , DILIGENCE , and FAIRNESS . We assure everyone of the personal attention you deserve and the satisfaction you expect. All our listed product are brand new in original box with factory warranty (Except specifically stated) If you received our goods with damage or broken in parts, we provide you replacement parts within 90 days at no cost to you or change a new one with you. Buyer from individual countries may responsible for related import duty. We are gladly to help and support you if you need assistance. International bidders welcome. . You will get 100% protection buying from us. MODEL European Gas Turbine Locomotive The Class 210 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) consisted, briefly, of a series of eight diesel locomotives, with a top speed of 160 km/h intended for operations on express trains. The locomotives were peculiar in that an additional gas turbine engine was able to provide extra power when needed. The additional turbine made it, at the time, the strongest four axle German diesel locomotive.Derived from a prototype, classified as DB Class V 169 (later named Class 219), the locomotives had a ten year service life, from ~1970 to ~1980, at which point they were rebuilt as a subclass of the conventional DB Class 218 .Another set of locomotives the Class 210.4 also had the '210' number, being rebuilt from DB Class 218s in the late 1990s for faster (160 km/h) express passenger operations. History and background of Gas Turbine locomotives In the 1950s the Swiss Federal gas turbine locomotive, the Am 4/6 1101 [1] was tested by the German railways: Its higher fuel consumption compared to the DB Class V 200.0 made it uneconomical for the Deutsche Bundesbahn to consider introducing similar locomotives and afterwards reciprocating diesel engines were the primary source of non-electric traction on German raillines.In the 1960s, the first locomotives of the V160 series went into service; these were originally designed for medium-duty service. For more demanding applications such as express passenger work and freight trains on non-electrified routes (such as the winding route from Munich to Lindau the Deutsche Bundesbahn condsidered an enhanced performance version of these locomotives; for this reason, the concept of a locomotive of V160 series with a gas turbine as a booster was investigated. The gas turbine had the advantage of low weight and size - particularly important if it was to be included in the standard body of a V160 class locpmotive.Because the turbine would only be activated when additional power was required (such as accelerating from speeds above 25 km/h and on inclines) the effect of the high fuel consumption of the turbine would be minimised. The output from the turbine was to be input on an additional stage on the hydraulic transmission. This concept was successfully tested in the DB V 169 001 locomotive built in 1965 (as of 1968, the reporting name was 219 001).However, the Deutsche Bahn decided that the successor to this locomotive should have a more powerful gas turbine and the AVCO Lycoming T 53-L13 was selectede which had already been selected for use in the Bundeswehr Helicopter Bell UH-1 D . The Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz factory (see Deutz AG Motorenfabrik Oberursel (now part of Rolls-Royce Germany) made the engines for the German Army under license, and was able to maintain and repair the turbines. Thus from 1970 onwards the Class 210 was born. Technical Except the turbine a... read more

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