NS series 6400
| NS class 6400 DB class 264 |
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| Numbering: | NS 6401–6520 Railion NL 6401–6520 Railion Germany 264 461, 485 |
| Number: | 120 |
| Manufacturer: | MaK |
| Year of construction (s): | 1988-1994 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm |
| Length over buffers: | 14 400 mm |
| Trunnion Distance: | 7 400 mm |
| Bogie axle base: | 2 400 mm |
| Service mass: | 80.0 t |
| Top speed: | 120 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 1180 kW |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1000 mm |
| Motor type: | MTU 12V396TC13 |
| Rated speed: | 1800 rpm |
| Power transmission: | electric |
| Tank capacity: | 3345 liters for DB Netz |
| Number of traction motors: | 4th |
The NS series 6400 is a diesel-electric locomotive that was built by Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK) for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). The wheel arrangement is Bo'Bo '. Similar locomotives were sold to the Eurotunnel Group under the name MaK DE 1004 .
history
The construction was put out to tender across Europe and the BBC / MaK consortium won the tender. The construction is based on MaK DE 1002 , the 6400 series has a greater length and a higher speed.
Identical locomotives, but with engine power reduced to 950 kW, were sold to the operator of the Eurotunnel from 1991 under the name MaK DE 1004 . The vehicles used as tunnel rescue locomotives are designated by the operator as Eurotunnel Class 0001 . Since the manufacturer belonged to the Krupp Group in the early 1990s (now part of Vossloh Locomotives ), they are also known as Krupp rescue locomotives .
After the NS split up, all locomotives came to NS Cargo , later Railion Nederland , and they kept their numbers. Some locomotives were subsequently repainted in red, while others were given large red stickers with the new ownership feature and the company number on the driver's cabs. Since February 16, 2009, the locomotives have been assigned to DB Schenker Rail Nederland NV .
A number of locomotives were given the appropriate train control systems so that they could also run in Belgium and Germany . They are nicknamed Vlaamse Reuzen and Duitse Herders .
Since the beginning of 2007, Railion Deutschland has used up to twenty locomotives on loan in Germany as the 264 series . However, these numbers are only kept internally, the previous four-digit numbers remained on the vehicles. This operation was ended in 2009 due to the decline in freight traffic. The approval for Germany was revoked in April 2011; cross-border use between Wülfrath-Rohdenhaus and Beverwijk was no longer possible.
In November 2010, Groupe Eurotunnel announced the purchase of two more machines (6456 and 6457) as tunnel rescue locomotives and bought three more locomotives in 2016 (6447, 6450, 6451).
In December 2014, two locomotives (6480 and 6487) were sold to DB Schenker Rail Polska to test their possible uses in Poland . If successful, further locomotives should be reactivated to replace locomotives of Soviet production. DB Cargo Polska wanted to buy eleven locomotives, but due to a lack of type approval they could only be used on non-public coal railways until 2017.
The Norwegian Grenland Rail took over two machines in 2016.
technology
This series represented the first Dutch locomotives with three-phase motors . Up to four locomotives can be driven together in multiple traction.
In 2006 an order was placed to equip the vehicles with the ETCS Level 2 train control system . Together with the retrofitting of 26 class 189 locomotives, the order was worth around 30 million euros. In 2007, 22 locomotives were equipped with the ETCS train control system from Bombardier . General contractor for the design and approval of the converted vehicles was Lloyd's Register Rail Europe . Two prototypes (6434 and 6442) have been on test drives in the Netherlands and Germany since mid-2007, including on the Betuweroute . The series conversion of the remaining 20 vehicles began in November 2007 and was carried out by Bombardier in Randers , Denmark. For operation with the national train control systems ATB-EG in the Netherlands and PZB in Germany, these vehicles were equipped with a Specific Transmission Module (STM). This means that the appropriate displays for ATB-EG, PZB or ETCS are displayed on the driver-machine interface (DMI, a display in the driver’s desk) - there is no need for separate operating and display devices for the three different signal systems. A PZB confirmation run for Germany approval took place on October 23, 2007 with locomotive 6442 between Emmerich and Oberhausen . From October 29, 2007, this locomotive ran a 5000 km operational test under the direction of RBH Logistics between Hamm and Rheinkamp .
On May 28, 2009, locomotive 6427 made some successful test drives with ETCS, STM-ATB and STM-PZB on the Zevenaar –Emmerich line.
With the revised implementation plan for ETCS by the EU in 2016, new funding programs were also developed and there were expanded areas of application for appropriately equipped locomotives. That is why DB Cargo successfully applied for support to equip 48 locomotives according to ETCS Baseline 3 . The equipment is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. A total of 6.1 million euros in funding will be made available, with which a maximum of half of the costs may be covered. The conversion is to begin in January 2019 with the installation of ETCS (according to SRS 3.4.0) in two test locomotives. The locomotives will in future be used in Belgium and the Netherlands, but no longer in Germany.
photos
Three 6400 locomotives in multiple control in front of a freight train (Utrecht Centraal)
Two 6400 locomotives in Railion red and NS yellow / gray with the Railion emblem in Arnhem
Locomotive 6434 with a garbage train near Apeldoorn
Locomotive 6405 of the DB Railion in Emmerich
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ English-language Wikipedia: Eurotunnel_Class_0001, as of February 3, 2014
- ^ Eisenbahn-magazin 6/2011, p. 20
- ^ Railway Gazette International, November 3, 2010: Eurotunnel buys more rescue locomotives
- ↑ a b c Popular all over Europe . In: railway magazine . No. 2 , 2017, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 37 .
- ^ Eisenbahn-magazin 3/2015, p. 23
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn AG (ed.): Betuwe route goes into operation . Press release from June 14, 2007.
- ^ Deutsche Bahn AG (Ed.): Railion starts freight traffic on the Betuwe route . Press release from December 6, 2007.
- ↑ 2017 Transport Blending call - Proposal for the selection of projects (first cut-off). (PDF; 17.4 MB) In: Website. European Commission , December 12, 2017, p. 54 , accessed January 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Freight railways receive EU money for ETCS equipment . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . No. 2 , February 2018, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 96 .
- ↑ MaK - DE 6400 for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). In: website. Patrick Paulsen; Pastor-Schoenenberg-Strasse 8; D-47877 Willich, accessed January 5, 2018 .