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LGB 20520 OBB Diesel Locomotive w/Lights and Sound, Collection Item
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Item: 20520
Price: $599.99
plus shipping
Inventory: No longer available
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LGB 20520 OBB Diesel Locomotive w/Lights and Sound, Collection Item
Missing door handle on 1 of the sliding doors (part 37 on the diagram below). Very minor, otherwise in excellent condition. https://www.onlytrains.com/manuals/20520-1.pdf
Features:
- Weather-resistant construction
- Factory-installed onboard
decoder for MTS and analog
operation
- Opening doors to cab and baggage
compartment
- four-way power control switch
- Protected gearboxes with two
seven-pole Bühler motors
- Eight powered wheels
- One traction tire
- Twelve power pickups
- Voltage stabilization circuit
- Automatic directional lanterns
- Multi-purpose socket with circuit
breaker
- Length: 460 mm (18.1 in.)
- Weight: 2600 g (5.7 lb.)
- LGB Instruction Manual (click on link above to view)
- Factory-installed onboard decoder for MTS and analog operation
- Two motor blocks for extreme pulling capability
The Prototype
The Austrian narrow gauge railways
used diesel locomotives as
early as 1927 in their quest for
more economical operations. In
1936 and 1937, seven standardized
"2041 " locos (later re-numbered
2091) were built for various
narrow gauge lines of the Austrian
Federal Railways.
For further cost savings, the locomotives
were equipped with a
large baggage compartment,
eliminating additional baggage
cars. The transmission is diesel electric,
which is unusual for
European locomotives. A V8
diesel engine turns a generator,
which feeds power to the two
electric motors that drive the
wheels. The 2041 /2091 locos
were used on many Austrian narrow
gauge lines, where its top
speed of 50 kph (31 mph) rarely
could be achieved.
Designed with economy in mind,
the locos were not very powerful.
As a result, they were used main line
level tracks, hauling light
passenger trains consisting of two
four-axle or four two-axle coaches.
For hilly lines or heavy trains,
steam locomotives were used
until the big 2095 diesel locos
became available in the 1960s.
Loco 2091-03 today is owned by
the preservation group Club 760,
where it has been restored in its
original shape.
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