Henschel E 1200

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Henschel E 1200
E 1200 as "006" from Ruhrkohle AG
E 1200 as "006" from Ruhrkohle AG
Numbering: 001-006, 011-017
Number: 13
Manufacturer: Henschel
Year of construction (s): 1976 and 1984
Axis formula : Bo'Bo '
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 15,000 mm
Height: 4400 mm
Trunnion Distance: 7800 mm
Bogie axle base: 2800 mm
Service mass: 88 t
Wheel set mass : 22 t
Top speed: 100 km / h
Continuous output : 1500 kW
Starting tractive effort: 330 kN
Driving wheel diameter: 1100 mm
Power system : 15 kV, 16 2/3 Hz ~
Power transmission: Overhead line
Number of traction motors: 4th
Drive: Tatz roller bearing three-phase motor

The Henschel E 1200 is a three-phase electric locomotive that was developed by Henschel and BBC and built in 13 copies. In the vehicle settings register of the EBA it received the series designation 97 80 1200.

history

The Henschel E 1200 is the world's first series-produced electric locomotive with three-phase asynchronous motors and electronic power transmission. This technique was first tested in 1971 in the Henschel-BBC DE2500 . The E 1200 was developed because of the requirement of the coal mine railways of Ruhrkohle AG to build a new locomotive with twice the power and the same weight as the existing EA 1000 locomotives . In order to test the three-phase technology in catenary operation, DE2500 "202002" was coated with a silver Ling - control carriage connected with a pantograph was provided. Successful test drives took place in 1974, which in March 1975 led to the ordering of six locomotives. These were delivered in 1976. In 1984 another series of seven locomotives was built for Ruhrkohle AG.

The three-phase alternating current is generated by a three-phase pulse inverter. The speed and the pulling force are controlled by changing the voltage and frequency.

In March 1979 the "006" stayed for three weeks for test drives with the ÖBB , including on the Semmering Railway . Due to the positive results of these test drives, the ÖBB decided to develop the 1063 and 1064 series . At DB, the positive operating results drove the development of the 120 series .

In order to be able to use the locomotives on the infrastructure of the Deutsche Bahn, they were equipped with Indusi and train radio in 1997 .

In 2009, 12 of the 13 locomotives were still on the RAG Aktiengesellschaft factory railways, which are now operated by DB subsidiary RBH Logistics . Only the locomotive with the number “006” was parked in 2007 and served as a spare part donor.

By 2014 the number had been reduced significantly. Locomotives 005 and 006 were scrapped in May 2011. Locomotive 014 was parked after an accident and served as a spare part donor, as was locomotive 002. When the RBH workshop in Gladbeck was closed on October 31, 2014, the 002, 004, 012, 014, 015 and 017 were replaced by the Bender company in Opladen and Gladbeck scrapped. On January 19, 2016, the 016 was parked in Bottrop with a defect and from then on served as a spare parts carrier. On June 21, 2017 it was also transferred to the Bender company in Opladen, where it was scrapped on June 29, 2017.

In addition to the two still active locomotives, only two other locomotives have survived from what were once 13 engines. Locomotive 001 was transferred to the DB Museum Koblenz-Lützel and since February 2014 locomotive 003 has been in the Bochum Railway Museum .

literature

  • Electric two-frequency locomotive with three-phase drive. In: Lok Magazin , issue 85, July / August 1977, p. 309.
  • Three-phase locomotives E 1200: world premiere in the coal pot . In: railway magazine . No. 4 , 2018, ISSN  0342-1902 , p. 48 .

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