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Diesel locomotive BR 132
[36220]
Discontinued
by Alexey Soldatov Date Added: Friday 14 September, 2007
I had a dream to get this engine since the first time I saw it 2 years ago... Finally I have got 2 of this engines for my collection (German and Czech versions). So I would like to share some of my experience and impressions.

History:

This diesel engine was produced in Soviet Union and than delivered to the East Germany. First series were marked as BR-130 (Models were done by BTTB and TILLIG), but after several clams from DR, manufacturer improves this engine, and latest versions were marked as BR-132 and BR-142 correspondently. These improvements made BR-132 and BR-142 one of the best dissel engine of its time, and even now, these engines are widely used in east and west Germany and neighboring countries. The engines used in DB and other western Germany rail companies are marked BR-232 and BR-242 correspondently, for the complacence with western series order, where 100 – used for electric engines and 200 – for diesels. This engine also has a nickname “Ludmila”. More photos and stories at Railfuneurope: http://www.railfaneurope.net

Model:

Bodywork and Details:

If you ever had an old BTTB or TILLIG BR-130, than you should know, that you had a wrong model, and after purchase of ROCO BR-132 (142, 232 or 242) models, you will probably decide to put your old models to the back of your layout on never display them in your exposition. The Roco’s model was done with a great details and great accuracy. This model is longer than Tillig’s model, which represents both more accurate scaling, and increased dimensions of the prototype. The Details of the model body, trucks are amazing and represent the state of art of 21st century models. Applicable details, such as handles, stirs and others make model as real as it gets. The paintwork is also very accurate and precise. All letters are well readable an colorful as they suppose to be at real engine. It is worth to say, that Roco implement HO standards of details of bodywork and paintwork in a smaller TT-scale, without any loose of quality.

Engine performance:

I you ever had experience with old BTTB BR-130 – forget it as a nightmare. Roco’s engine has a best pull and noise characteristics you could ever find. The engine is well balanced, weighted and tuned for slow and fast motion as well. I could not find the limits for it’s pull power and traction limits. I have tried it with 30 freight cars with average load, and it was still able to pull and accelerate well with such a big train.
The bi-directional white and red lights are also making this engine realistic. You can even add more realism with installation of DCC and sound decoder. There is enough space for that!

Maintenance:

These engines are produced by ROCO for several years, so it is possible that you may get engine produced several month or eve a year ago. So recommendations are following:
1 Read manual carefully
2 Make first test run with no more than 75% and not less than 25% of nominal power. This test run will allow spreading lubricant evenly throughout a transmission and ensuring smooth motion in a future.
3 Follow the maintenance instructions in manual
4 Avoid dust of other pollutant in your engine contacts and moving parts, and follow other instructions typical for the train models.

Rating: 5 of 5 Stars! [5 of 5 Stars!]
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