MaK G 1201 BB

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MaK G 1201 BB

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Solvay MaK G 1201 BB
Type and origin
Power type Diesel
Builder MaK
Build date 1978 [1]
Total produced 1 [1]
Specifications
Configuration:
   UIC B'B'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Wheel diameter 1,000 mm (39.37 in) (new) [1]
Minimum curve 60 m (196 ft 10 in) [1]
Wheelbase bogie centre distance 5.800 m (19 ft 0.3 in) [1]
axle distance 2.400 m (7 ft 10.49 in) [1]
Length 12.500 m (41 ft 0.1 in) [1]
Width 3.100 m (10 ft 2.05 in) [1]
Height 4.220 m (13 ft 10.14 in) [1]
Fuel capacity 2,500 L (550 imp gal; 660 US gal) [1]
Prime mover MTU 8V 396 TC12 [1]
Transmission Voith L4r4zU2 [1]
Performance figures
Maximum speed 40 km/h (25 mph) [1]
Power output 665 kW (892 hp) [1]

The MaK G 1201 BB is a four axle B'B' diesel-hydraulic off-centre cab locomotive built by the Maschinenbau Kiel in German. The locomotive is designed for shunting and freight work, such as found on industrial railways.

Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH designed, manufactured and marketed marine diesel engines, diesel locomotives and tracked vehicles under the MaK brand name. The three primary operating divisions of Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH were sold to different companies in the 1990s.

Description

Only one example of this locomotive was built, later orders for a similar purpose were fulfilled by the MaK G 1203 BB which replaced the MTU 331 engine with a MTU 396 engine of increased power.

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MTU Friedrichshafen company

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is a manufacturer of commercial internal combustion engines founded by Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl Maybach in 1909. Wilhelm Maybach was the technical director of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG), a predecessor company of the German multinational automotive corporation Daimler AG, until he left in 1907. On 23 March 1909, he founded the new company, Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH, with his son Karl Maybach as director. A few years later the company was renamed to Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH, which originally developed and manufactured diesel and petrol engines for Zeppelins, and then railcars. The Maybach Mb.IVa was used in aircraft and airships of World War I.

The locomotive has worked since 1980 at Solvay's plant nr. Rheinberg, Germany. [2]

Rheinberg Place in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "MaK - G 1201 BB". www.loks-aus-kiel.de (in German).
  2. "Fahrzeugportrait MaK 1000780". www.loks-aus-kiel.de (in German).