The Mak today Vossloh G1206 is a heavy shunting locomotive which was made for the transfer and shunting service. It is very popular with the private railway companies. It is not only used in Germany by for example by Captrain and Infraleuna but also by MRCE (today Beacon Rail) and Alphatrains internationally. It was built in the 90s to around 2000 and would be relatively useful in TSW4. The Vectron Dual light would be ideal for serving connections such as the chemical plant in the Dresden-Riesa local transport add-on as it has a shunting step and a shunting trailer. Some are to be used by DB Cargo and others will follow with private railway companies.
Since i Like the G1206 i can Add some infos here and there: The Vossloh G1206 is a B'B' diesel hydraulic freight locomotive built in Kiel and used by several European railway operators including a SNCF specific variant the BB 461000 series. The design was created in the mid-1990s by Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) for German coal supplier RAG Aktiengesellschaft and is a follow-on to the MaK G1205 locomotive class built as the SNCB Class 77. Production continued under Vossloh ownership of the Kiel plant In 2007 a shunting specific variant, the G1206-2 was created and began production. Four Caterpillar-engined locomotives hired from Angel Trains Cargo by Euro Cargo Rail were assigned to TOPS Class 21[6] due to their presence at times on the UK side of the channel tunnel. ECR assigned the codes FB1544 to FB1547 to these locomotives. MaK G 1206 / Vossloh G 1206 MaK 1206-2 diesel hydraulic locomotive, number 603 of the Eisenbahn und Häfen Type and origin Power type Diesel-hydraulic Builder MaK / Vossloh in Kiel Build date G 1206:[1] 1997–2016 G 1206-2:[1] 2007–2011 Total produced G 1206: 343 G 1206-2: 11[2] Specifications Configuration: • UIC B′B′ Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Wheel diameter 1,000 mm (39.37 in) (new) 920 mm (36.22 in) (new/worn) [3] Length 14.70 m (48 ft 3 in)[3] Width 3.08 m (10 ft 1 in)[3] Height 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in)[3] Loco weight G 1206: 80–90 t (79–89 long tons; 88–99 short tons)[3] G 1206-2: 84–90 t (83–89 long tons; 93–99 short tons)[3] Fuel capacity G1206 3,500 L (770 imp gal; 920 US gal)[3] G1206-2 3,150 L (690 imp gal; 830 US gal)[2] Prime mover G 1206: CAT 3512 B DITA-SC[3] or MTU 12 V 4000 R41[3] also MTU 16V 396 TC14[4] */*** or MTU TC14 12 V 4000 R20[4] ** G 1206-2: CAT 3508 B DITA-SC[2] Cylinders G 1206: V16 (or V12 **)[4] G 1206-2: 8 Transmission Hydraulic G 1206: Voith L5r4zU2[4] also Voith L5r4zseU2 *** G 1206-2: Voith L4r4zeU2[3] Loco brake Wheel disc brake, hydrodynamic brake optional[3] Performance figures Maximum speed G 1206: 60 km/h (37 mph)/100 km/h (62 mph) with Voith L5r4zseU2 transmission[4] *** 100 km/h (62 mph) Caterpillar engine and L5r4zU2 transmission also 90 km/h (56 mph) with MTU engine and Voith L54rzU2 transmission[4] */** G 1206-2: 50 km/h (31 mph)[1] Power output G 1206: 1,500 kW (2,000 hp)[1] or 1,570 kW (2,110 hp) with MTU 16V 396 TC14[4] */*** G 1206-2: 920 kW (1,230 hp)[1] Tractive effort 282 kN (63,000 lbf) (starting with 87.3 t loco @ μ=0.33[1])
