ESU 31308 Diesel loco, H0, G1000, 1101 CFL Cargo, blue, Ep VI, prototype condition circa 2012, sound, shunting coupler, DC/AC

• NEW CONSTRUCTION

• Metal body and frame

• Openwork fan grilles in the front ends

• Elaborately detailed driver's cab

• Multi-part bogie covers

• Separately applied handle bars

• Openwork steps

• Country-specific arrangement of driver's consoles and exhaust systems

• Digital coupler in NEM shaft

• Five-pole motor with two flywheels

• Drive via cardan/worm gear on all axles, two traction tires

• LokSound 5 decoder for DCC, Motorola ®, M4 and Selectrix operation

• Independent registration to command stations with RailComPlus ® or mfx functionality

• PowerPack storage capacitor for uninterruptible power supply

• Loudspeaker with large sound capsule for highest sound enjoyment

• Universal electronics with plug-in slider and switch for switching between two-wire and center-wire operation

• Digitized original sounds of a Vossloh G1000 BB

• Sensor-controlled curve sounds during slow curve travel

• Direction-dependent light change, train-side headlights can be switched off, shunting, cab and driver's cab lighting, ECR locomotive with main beam lighting

• Switchable step lighting

• Brake spark during sharp braking

• Passable minimum radius = 360 mm

• Length over buffers = 161 mm

At the beginning of the 2000s, the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB ordered 90 class 2070 shunting locomotives from Maschinenbau Kiel MaK. The 12-cylinder diesel engine from Caterpillar develops 738 kW at 2100 rpm. The maximum speed is 100 km/h. These locomotives, designated at MaK as type G 800 BB, form the basis of the manufacturer's 4th type program. Locomotive construction in Kiel was taken over by Vossloh and further developed. As a more powerful version of the G800, the G1000 equipped with an MTU 8V4000 eight-cylinder diesel engine was launched on the market on the same chassis. The 1100 kW (at 1860 rpm) and 100 km/h locomotive can be ordered for axle loads of 18 to 20 t and with country packages for right-hand and left-hand traffic. Between 2002 and 2016, Vossloh delivered 103 units to railroads in Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Deutsche Bahn was also interested in the four-axle units and leased locomotives from various lessors over several years. In the process, the locomotives reliably provided services in freight traffic in almost all German states. The locomotives are used in heavy shunting service, but also in front of local freight trains. Some G1000s are owned by locomotive lessors such as Northrail in Germany or Ferrotract in France and are employed within the respective national borders, for example, in all types of medium-heavy local freight service, but also in works traffic for large industrial companies or in sea and inland ports. Various owners, such as Spitzke Logistik (D) or Colas Rail (F), use the reliable four-axle vehicles in construction train services. Even after delivery of the Voith Gravita, DB occasionally falls back on borrowed G1000s in case of vehicle bottlenecks.