NSB Di 6

The di 6 was a diesel locomotive series of the Norwegian State Railways NSB. It was in 1992 appointed MaK in Kiel, built in the years 1995/96 and delivered from February to July 1997, after Norway.

After the sale of the MaK locomotive was built now by Siemens Transportation Systems. Conceptually, it is derived from the MaK DE 1024, but received by the owner ac power electronics from Siemens. Originally the locomotives for passenger services on the Nordlandbahn Trondheim- Bodø were provided. It does not meet the expectations placed on them in operational service. Especially the climatically demanding winter in Norway made ​​them to create. Among other things came locomotives on fire and the control electronics did not work. Since improvements did not lead to success, the NSB was the beginning of 1999 the useless from their perspective diesel locomotives to the manufacturer Siemens back.

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After a revision in the DSB locomotives were set in the then Siemens' own rental pool Dispolok. The locomotives ran here as ME 26 The Luxembourg State Railways CFL rented at six of the locomotives, which they desperately needed to replace the electric locomotives of the series 3600.

Mid-2004, ran from the leases and the vehicles were sold to Vossloh and renamed DE 2700. Before delivery to the new location in the Nord-Ostsee- Bahn (NOB ), the locomotives were refurbished and modernized thoroughly. It was a push-pull train installed and the gear ratio is for a maximum speed of 160 km / h ( formerly 140 km / h ) changed.

The locomotives were all initially used in the NOB for passenger trains from Hamburg to Westerland on Sylt. Here they made a talking point in the first few months by numerous failures. The DE and DE 2700-04 2700-06 run since 2012 and 2013 respectively for the NIAG.

Meanwhile, the locomotives were leased to various railway companies partially short term. In August 2011, a locomotive in CTL Logistics was rented in Warsaw, three locomotives have returned to Norway for rent at Cargo Link A / S in Drammen. Six locomotives are still interested in NOB vermietetund a machine located at HSL Logistics in Hamburg.

After the new UIC numbering scheme launch in early 2007, EN 2700 was filed in the German Vehicle Register as Series 92 80 1251, for example, the DE2700 -2 has obtained the NVR number 92 80 1251 002-2 D - VL.