Class KG 230 B in H0

  • Art.No. 31430 - L02 Regentalbahn, green, Era IV, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31432 - 1 BASF, grey, Era IV, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31433 - Lok 3 Bundespost, red, Era III, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31434 - V 570 RAG, orange, Era IV, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31437 - 4 Südzucker, blue, Era IV, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31440 - 3 Kali & Salz, green, Era IV, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31441 - 12 Emsländ. Eisenbahn, red, Era V, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31442 - Werk 1 Preussag, red, Era V, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31443 -  884 048 Volkswagen, blue, Era VI, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31444 -  4 Ford Werk, blue, Era IV, DC/AC 

  • Art.No. 31445 - Deutz Werkslok, green, Era III, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31447 - railPro NL, blue, Era V, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31448 - TSO, yellow, Era V, DC/AC

  • Art.No. 31449 - Lok 6 Behala, red, Era V, DC/AC

  • 31430 - L02 Regentalbahn, green, Era IV, DC/AC
  • 31432 - 1 BASF, grey, Era IV, DC/AC
  • 31433 - Lok 3 Bundespost, red, Era III, DC/AC
  • 31434 - V 570 RAG, orange, Era IV, DC/AC
  • 31437 - 4 Südzucker, blue, Era IV, DC/AC
  • 31440 - 3 Kali & Salz, green, Era IV, DC/AC
  • 31441 - 12 Emsländ. Eisenbahn, red, Era V, DC/AC
  • 31442 - Werk 1 Preussag, red, Era V, DC/AC
  • 31443 -  884 048 Volkswagen, blue, Era VI, DC/AC
  • 31444 -  4 Ford Werk, blue, Era IV, DC/AC 
  • 31445 - Deutz Werkslok, green, Era III, DC/AC
  • 31447 - railPro NL, blue, Era V, DC/AC
  • 31448 - TSO, yellow, Era V, DC/AC
  • 31449 - Lok 6 Behala, red, Era V, DC/AC

  • Metal body and chassis

  • Perforated fan grilles on the front of the long hood

  • Finely detailed, multi-colored driver's cab

  • Numerous separately applied details on the chassis

  • Separately applied and partially perforated steps

  • Freestanding handrails

  • Sprung buffers

  • Installed driver figure

  • Height-adjustable digital shunting coupler for all loop couplers

  • Coreless motor with flywheel

  • Drive on both axles, one traction tire

  • LokSound 5 decoder for DCC, Motorola®, M4 and Selectrix® operation

  • Automatic registration with control units with RailComPlus® functionality

  • PowerPack storage capacitor for uninterrupted power supply

  • Speaker with large sound chamber for maximum sound enjoyment

  • Universal electronics with plug-in pickup shoe and slide switch for switching between two-rail and center-rail operation

  • Smoke generator synchronized with LokSound

  • Digitized original sounds of a locomotive with an air-cooled 12-cylinder Deutz A12 L 714 engine or a water-cooled locomotive with a BA6M-716 Deutz diesel engine

  • Directional lighting, switchable headlight on the train side, shunting, cab and control panel lighting, 31431 and 31439 with flashing light

  • Brake sparks during hard braking

  • Chassis lighting

  • Length over buffers = 92.3 mm

Starting in 1962, German manufacturer Deutz offered the two-axle diesel-hydraulic KG 230 B in the Köf III power class. KG stands for small locomotive with cardan shaft drive, 230 for the power in hp, and B for the wheel arrangement. The in-house air-cooled twelve-cylinder A12L714 engine produced 230 hp at 2000 rpm. The seven KG 230s built for explosion-sensitive factories were equipped with a water-cooled six-cylinder diesel engine. The transmissions of most locomotives were set to a top speed of between 20 and 30 km/h for the sake of tractive power. Depending on the track layout, customers had additional metal installed in the frame area, allowing the locomotives to be ordered with a weight of 26 to 36 tons. The two locomotives of Bayernhafen AG, the BEHALA locomotives, even had multi-control systems. Despite their advanced age, many of the two-axle locomotives still in use today still have their original engines. Since most companies owned only a few traction units, they were kept in good technical condition, as they could not be spared. The list of owners reads like a who's who of major European industries: BP, VTG, Thyssen-Krupp, Mannesmann, Feldmühle AG, Rheinpreußen, to name just a few. The well-known private railway HVLE even painted its KG 275 in its well-known company colors. Port logistics, for example, at Luxport in Luxembourg town Wasserbillig, also relied on the stability and tractive power of the air-cooled two-axle locomotives. The high quality of the construction is demonstrated by the fact that the locomotives are not scrapped but resold when there is no longer any demand.