Buy Train Simulator Classic Train Simulator: DB BR 101 Loco Add-On PC key

Train Simulator Classic Train Simulator: DB BR 101 Loco Add-On adds an expert simulation of the German DB BR 101 electric locomotive to Train Simulator. The add-on includes three career scenarios for the West Rhine: Köln - Koblenz route: EC 115 to Klagenfurt, IC 2226 to Kiel and an ICE 558 replacement service to Bonn.

The DB BR 101

In the early 1990s, Germany needed a new express passenger locomotive to replace older DB BR 103 and DB BR 120 locomotives, which were hauling heavier trains than they had been designed for and becoming less reliable and more costly to maintain. After German reunification, Deutsche Bahn AG considered designs from manufacturers bidding for the work. ABB Henschel proposed the Eco2001 concept, based on two modified DB BR 120s with component changes intended to improve reliability.

DB signed a development deal with ABB in 1994, followed by an order for 145 locomotives in 1995. The first locomotive was completed and displayed in Orient Red in July 1996, and the first DB BR 101 entered service in February 1997. ABB merged with AEG to form ADtranz, allowing the locomotives to be built at multiple locations; components were made at various facilities and final assembly took place in Poland. All 145 were completed by 1999.

The DB BR 101 was designed for efficient, high-speed passenger service. Its sloped front and rear improve streamlining and help maintain airflow between the locomotive and its train. Its bogies are derived from the ICE series and provide a basis for potential speed modifications up to 250 km/h. DB BR 101s haul express passenger services across the Deutsche Bahn network, including services on the Nuremberg–Munich High Speed Line at 200 km/h. The locomotives are based in Hamburg for safety checks and maintenance, having moved there from Frankfurt as ICE trains and push-pull consists increased; they sometimes travel to Nuremburg for major maintenance. The design also shares heritage with the TRAXX series, and a variation was ordered by New Jersey Transit, which worked with ADtranz/Bombardier on its ALP-46 and ALP-46A locomotives in the early 2000s.

Locomotive systems

The add-on models the DB BR 101’s systems and controls, including AFB and LZB regulation, PZB90 V2.0, Time-Time SIFA and R-P-G brake modes. Its brake system includes overcharging of the main air pipe, high braking for the locomotive brakes in R mode and a delayed, smoothly regulated electric brake.

You can select and preselect pantographs, with sparks and sound, and operate the locomotive in double or push-pull formation. The cab includes spoken system announcements with priority, a usable basic EBuLa, switchable instrument lighting, a reading lamp, a cab light and interval-controlled wipers. The locomotive is compatible with the vR ZZA and door system, and includes an SSTF-like door interlocking system. It also has selectable languages and sounds optimized for EFX.

Scenarios and play

The three included career scenarios are set on the West Rhine: Köln - Koblenz route. The locomotive is also compatible with Quick Drive.