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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 (RAG AG) 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〔Vossloh acquired ownership of the factory from Siemens in 1998〕 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〔(The all-time guide to the UK Traction Classification System : Part 2: Locomotives ) 2/5/2006 ''www.therailwaycentre.com''〕 due to their presence at times on the UK side of the channel tunnel. ECR assigned the codes FB1544 to FB1547 to these locomotives.〔(Fahrzeugportrait Vossloh 5001628 ) ''www.loks-aus-kiel.de''〕〔(Fahrzeugportrait Vossloh 5001630 ) ''www.loks-aus-kiel.de''〕〔(Fahrzeugportrait Vossloh 5001631 ) ''www.loks-aus-kiel.de''〕〔(Fahrzeugportrait Vossloh 5001516 ) ''www.loks-aus-kiel.de''〕 ==History and design== In the 1990s the de-monopolisation and liberalisation of the railways of member states of the EU meant that private companies could access formerly state-owned track. With this came numerous private operators running locomotives on the main line for the first time. MaK had previously been quite successful in providing freight locomotives for industrial use to various companies. The G 1201 and G 1205 models (and intermediate variants) had been examples of the type of locomotives larger private companies had used. These locomotives were suitable for pulling fairly heavy freight consists as well as shunting. However track access charges (as well as the necessity not to interrupt passenger trains) meant that on the main lines freight trains must run much faster than they did in an industrial environment. As a consequence Vossloh introduced the G 1206; it was based on the G 1205 but was substantially more powerful allowing it to pull freight trains at a higher speed (or simply pull heavier trains). Thus the 12-cylinder engine of the G 1205 was replaced with a 16-cylinder engine, because of this along with the increase size of the auxiliary equipment required the new locomotive was almost 2 metres longer than its predecessor.〔〔(MaK G 1205 loks-aus-kiel.de (german) )〕 The cab is situated approximately above one of the bogies, with doors opening onto walkways on both sides along the rest of the locomotive; the external design is functional, with flat steels and right angles predominating. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MaK / Vossloh G1206」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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