Legends on rails

With the class E94 through different railway history epochs (including Bonus DMU class VT08)

Have fun using this Romantic Railroad Add-On for Railworks 3

Short explanation of the epochs in railway history, which partly reflect themselves in the different scenarios and inscriptions of the locomotives and tank wagons. Epoch I: Early Railway companies (railway until approx. 1925) Epoch II: State railways (approx. 1925 to 1945) Epoch III: Post-war period (1945 to 1968) Epoch IV: Computerized numbering of the vehicles – class E94 became 194 with

the DB in Western Germany, 254 with the DR the GDR (1968/1970 to approx. 1990)

Epoch V: Innovations and union of DB and DR (approx. 1990 to approx. 2006) Epoch VI: New UIC numberings (locomotives have 12-digit numbers) (starting from approx. 2006)

The variants of the locomotives series E94 in this Add-On are generally numbered of epoch II until epoch V. The bonus VT08 leads the inscriptions of the epoch III.

Description of the locomotives in this Romantic Railroad Add-On.

All epoch-typical design differences (pantographs, colourings and inscriptions) were considered to the outmost extend.

E94:

For better operation of the electrically operated track net in the German low mountain regions and for the general acceleration of the goods train service the German National Railroad ordered the locomotives of the series E 94 in November 1937. After the connection of Austria 1938 operational plannings for the E 94 considered also the hilly tracks at the Arlberg, Brennero and the Tauern. On 22 April 1940 the first E 94 001 was then supplied to Bw Innsbruck. It received later the Austrian number 1020.18

The construction of the E94 was based on the proven Co' Co' series E 93, showed however a substantially higher power. The drive was implemented as Tatzlager, which is to be heard in the simulation clearly. The power of the E94 made some platform shaking under its roar.

The track-dependent SIFA (safety installation) of the type BBC was installed already ex factory, starting from 1962 onwards it worked also time-dependently. In simulation the track-dependent SIFA will show with a turning rod. Pantographs type HISE 7 (AEG) or SBS 38 (SSW) were installed on the early delivery of the class E 94. The DB and DR installed later on also different types of pantographs.

The power control was done by a manual cam switching device with 18 continuous drive positions and 18 intermediate or half stages, which were not allowed to remain however longer than one minute switched on.

The locomotives should provide the following achievements: – 600 t at 25 parts per thousand upward gradient with 50 km/h,– 1000 t at 16 parts per thousand upward gradient with 50 km/h, – 1600 t at 10 parts per thousand upward gradient with 40 km/h, – 2000 t at no gradient with 85 km/h.

As maximum speed 90 km/h were specified, in order to be able to use the E 94 even in the faster goods traffic. Since it was a strategically important locomotive, the E 94 was built during the war as electric war locomotive (KEL 2). Same was valid for the E 44 (KEL 1). On the other hand the construction of the 92 ordered express train locomotives E 18 terminated after the serial number 53 and the remaining order was converted into supply of class E 94. The use of so-called home materials instead of the scarce non-ferrous metals (brass and copper) was ordered. Instead of copper aluminum was used, particularly with the bus bars or cables in the engine room, the coils of the drive motors and in the transformers.

The construction of the majority of the locomotives took place by the AEG in Hennigsdorf. The Siemens Schuckert works were further involved in Berlin (SSW, electrical part) and Krauss Maffei in Munich (mechanical part).

72 of the supplied E 94 up to 1945 remaind with the DB, so that it had with supplementory orders starting from 1956 124 locomotives. The DR in the GDR had 23 locomotives in use. 20 locomotives of 25 returned after they were transferred in the context of reparations to the Soviet Union. With the Braunkohlekombinat BKK Bitterfeld was active beside the 1-1121 (ex 254 057) also the 1-1122 (ex 254 058) in delivery service in Delitzsch southwest. One scenario is dedicated to this locomotive.

Technical Data of class E94:

Number of supplied locomotives 176 (E94 0-1) + 24 (E94 2)Years of construction 1940 bis 1956 Drive Co'Co' Driving wheel diameter 1250 mmLength over buffers 18600 mm Bogie axle base 4600mm Total axle base 13 700 mm smallest passable radius 180mService mass 118,5 t mean wheel set mass 19,7 tRated output 3060 kVAOutput per hour 550kW Kind of the drive Tatzlager Maximum speed 90 km/h

The control elements of the Cab compartment can be taken from this overview:

During the implementation of the locomotives and the scenarios the greatest possible epoch loyalty was paid attention to, in order to catch the atmosphere of the appropriate operational years. Many animated and static objects were developed likewise, in order to reach this goal .

Screenshots from some of the scenarios of this Romantic Railroad Add-On:

Beside the locomotives of the E94 and the suitable epoch-fair tankers, the DMU VT08 forms

a Bonus to this Romantic Railroad Add-On. It is the expresstrain DMU VT08 of the early German Federal Railroads (epoch III) in a revised version for RW3.Below some information and pictures for this train: VT08.5:

After the express DMUs of the pre war period the DB tied the DMU VT 08,5 in elegance and comfort to this tradition. The travelers and the professional world was enthusiastic. „ the egg head “ called DMUs with the self-supporting construction and its streamlined elegance were determining for further developments. The car boxes were welded in frame building method. With this construction substantially weight was saved regarding the DMUs of the pre war time.

The individual cars were shortcoupled among themselves. The Scharfenberg-coupling provided for the safe electrical and pneumatic connections.

Behind the tight Cab compartment the engine chamber with side course is laeding to the baggage compartment. Close to it a storage for the kitchen, the entrance area and the DSG managed kitchen with rinse and buffet. The kitchen was among other things equipped with a coal stove. Behind the serving preparation area the restaurant area with 24 places in the lateral allocation of seats 1 and 2 followed. The entrance doors were swiveling sliding doors, which could be opened by hand and be also electro-pneumatically closed by the DMU driver. The passenger cars offered 60 seats in closed compartments with side course.

With a vehicle length of over 26 m and the large distance of the bogies the cars had to be built quite narrowly. That led apart from a narrow side course to small compartment and seat widths. Also the Cab compartments of the DMUs offered cause for criticism. The tightness and the bad track view were criticized again and again. The engine bogie (MTD), developed by the company Westwaggon in Cologne Deutz, consisted of two welded double T bars. With larger damage this MTD could be removed downward and exchanged for another one.

In the driven bogie were inserted the engine, the hydraulic transmission as well as the starter with generator and the final wheeldrive. Three different driving motors were built into the VT 08:

Daimler Benz MT 820 Bb MAN L12V 17.5/21 B Maybach MD 650

TECHNICAL DATA VT 08.5:

Setting into service 1952Length VT 26,025 mLength VM 25,760 mPivot distance 19,000 mWeight three-part 121,4 tmax wheel set load 19,5 tMaximum speed 140 km/hEngine power 736 kW

Version „Fussballweltmeister 1954“ (Football World Cahmpionship 1954) epoch III.

Complete Cab of the DMU VT08 with RW3 functions.

Two different passenger-views with RW3 weatherglass effects.

How do I find the supplied scenarios?

You will find the scenarios provided in the routes „ to Hagen to Siegen “ and „Seebergbahn“ with the names A RRR E94 … (activity Romantic Railroad E94 ….), as well as the VT08 scenarios under BeeKay ….

Build your own scenarios:

You will find the locos, tankers and objects under (group filter) Romantic Railroad:

− Railvehicles, activated with a green checkmark – E94 …., Kesselwagen ….− Scenery, activated with a green checkmark – Enrico ….

the DMU VT08 Enginecars and Middlecars under − BeeKay, activated with a green checkmark – BeeKay VT08 ….

– BeeKay VM08 ….

Now further much joy in this Romantic Railroad Add-On for Railworks 3 with the two „Legends on rails“

E94 und VT08