MaK G 1203 BB

Mittelweserbahn (MWB) G 1203 BB

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel
Builder	MaK
Build date	1982-91^[1]
Total produced	25^[1]

Specifications
UIC class	B'B'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Wheel diameter	1,000 mm (39.37 in) (new)^[1]
Minimum curve	60 m (197 ft)^[1]
Wheelbase	bogie centre distance 5.800 m (19 ft 0.3 in)^[1] axle distance 2.400 m (94.49 in)^[1]
Length	12.500 m (41 ft 0.1 in)^[1]
Width	3.100 m (10 ft 2.05 in)^[1]
Height	4.220 m (13 ft 10.14 in)^[1]
Fuel capacity	2,500 L (550 imp gal; 660 US gal)^[1]
Prime mover	MTU 8V 396 TC13 : 745 kW (999 hp)^[1] Cummins engine : 761 kW (1,021 hp)*^[1]
Transmission	Voith L4r4zU2^[1]

Performance figures
Maximum speed	33–70 km/h (21–43 mph)^[1]

For export to Gabon

The MaK G 1203 BB is a type of four axle B'B' off-centre cab locomotive built by the Maschinenbau Kiel factory.

Design and operations

The locomotive is an updated version of the MaK G 1201 BB with a MTU 396 engine replacing the MTU 333 engine. The hydrodynamic converter remained the same, a Voith L4r4zU2.

The locomotive design is similar to the MaK G 1202 BB and MaK G 1204 BB but with an eight-cylinder V engine instead of the twelve-cylinder engines on the higher-powered locomotives; the external dimensions of are identical, and the appearance very similar.

Nineteen locomotives were built for private railways of Germany (and Austria), including Seehafen Kiel (Port of Kiel), and the Klockner steel works (now ArcelorMittal Bremen).^[1]

Gabon locomotives

Six locomotives were built in 1984 for the railways of Gabon (Office du chemin de fer transgabonais) or OCTRA, with Cummins engines instead of MTU engines. They received numbers "BB 531" to "BB 536"^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "MaK - G 1203 BB". www.loks-aus-kiel.de (in German).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to MaK G 1203 BB.

"MaK G1203 BB". www.privat.bahn.de (in German).
Images: "MAK G 1203 Fotos". www.bahnbilder.de (in German).

MaK/VSFT/Vossloh Kiel locomotives

1st generation
1954–1967

240 B
240 C
400C
450 C
600 D
650 D
800 D
850 D
1000 D
1200 D

2nd generation
1965–1978

G 320 B
G 500 C
G 700 C
G 850 BB
G 1100 BB

3rd generation
1977–present

Light shunters	G 321 B G 322 G 761 C G 762 C G 763 C G 764 C G 765 DE 501 DE 502

Heavy shunters/Light locomotives	G 1201 BB G 1202 BB G 1203 BB G 1204 BB G 1205 G 1206/G 1206-2 DE 1002 DE 1003 DE 1004

4th generation
2001–present

Light shunters	G 400 B

Heavy shunters/Light locomotives	G 800 BB G 1000 BB G 1700 BB

Line locomotives	G 2000 BB

5th generation
2008–present

Light shunters	G 6

Heavy shunters/Light locomotives	G 12 DE 12 G 18 DE 18

Export builds

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locomotives

Experimental locomotives and rebuilts

Locomotive types in italics are in production. G-type locomotives have diesel-hydraulic transmissions, DE-type locomotives have diesel-electric transmissions.

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