| Heavy Diesel Locomotive
Class Di7 (T44) heavy diesel locomotive. Golden yellow / red basic paint scheme. Norwegian State Railways (NSB). Locomotive road number 7 634. The locomotive looks as it did around 1995.
The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive operation and sound functions. It also has controlled high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, centrally mounted. 4 axles powered through cardan shafts. Traction tires. The 4-light headlights and a red marker light change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. Additional light functions can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The locomotive has Telex couplers front and rear, which can be controlled separately in digital operation. The locomotive also has coupler maneuvers. The locomotive has a representation of the engineers cab interior. It also has separately applied metal railings and grab irons.
Source: www.maerklin.de
The 1,650 horsepower class T44 freight locomotive is among the most successful locomotive designs built in the largest quantities in Scandinavia. The Swedish State Railways (SJ) had 123 units built between 1968 and 1987 at the domestic railroad builders NOHAB and KVAB. The Norwegian State Railroad (NSB) borrowed T44 units from the SJ on a regular basis. In 1993, the Norwegians bought a unit, repainted it, and designated it as Di 7 634 in their locomotive roster. Three years later this one-of-a-kind went to Malmtrafikk, which operated ore trains on the ore line out of Kiruna. Numerous T44 units have been updated in the meantime and are equipped with MTU diesel motors. |
