Vossloh G 400 B

Vossloh G 400 B

Leased G400B in service for Nord-Ost-Bahn

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-hydraulic
Builder	Vossloh, Kiel
Build date	2003–2004
Total produced	19^[1]

Specifications
Configuration:
• UIC	B'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Wheel diameter	1.000 m (3 ft 3.4 in) (new)^[1]
Minimum curve	50 m (164 ft 1 in)^[1]
Length	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)^[1] 9.645 m (31 ft 7.7 in)*^[1]
Width	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)^[1]
Height	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)^[1]
Loco weight	40 t (39 long tons; 44 short tons)^[1]
Fuel capacity	1,000 L (220 imp gal; 260 US gal)^[1]
RPM range	2100 rpm^[1]
Engine type	MTU 8V 183 TD13^[1]
Transmission	Voith L2r4zseU2^[1]

Performance figures
Maximum speed	70 km/h (43 mph)^[1] 40 km/h (25 mph)*^[1]
Power output	390 kW (520 hp)^[1]

Career
Locale	Germany, Netherlands
Disposition	in service

* standard locomotive
** NedTrain class 700

The Vossloh G400B is a B diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive. The G400B is technically identical to the G322, except for some details like different final drives. It was renamed as G400B to fit in the new numbering scheme used in the 4th generation programme.^[1]

Operations

Vossloh built 6 stock locomotives for leasing, used by different operators. Four locomotives were eventually sold to leasing company northrail.^[2]

A second batch of 13 locomotives was built for Dutch train maintenance company NedTrain. These locomotives are slightly longer due to the fitting of extra coupling equipment, and are used to shunt trains around their workshops.^[1] These locomotives were purchased by Nederlandse Spoorwegen's Irish subsidiary, NS Financial Services Company, for approximately €11.5 million^[3] to "reduce its tax liability" in the Netherlands, and then leased them back to NS.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q www.loks-aus-kiel.de. "Vossloh - G 400 B" (in German). Retrieved 22 August 2011.
^ northrail GmbH. "G 322/G 400 - Zweiachsige dieselhydraulische Lokomotiven für den Rangier- und leichten Streckendienst" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
^ "MaK - G 400 B for NS Reizigers". Vossloh Locomotives (in German). Vossloh. Archived from the original on 2003-05-09. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
^ "Train firm NS detours Dutch taxes via Ireland subsidiary". NL Times. 3120 Media. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
^ "Dutch government hits buffers on Irish subsidiary tax savings". Irish Independent. Mediahuis Ireland. 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2023-07-28.

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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
1977–2016

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
2001–2016

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

6th generation
2022–present

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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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