The Vossloh Class 68s are one of the most modern and powerful diesel-electrics running today. MIKE WILD installs the latest generation MS series ZIMO decoder into the feature rich Dapol ‘OO’ gauge model.
Above: The Dapol Class 68 is a highly detailed model and with digital sound it comes to life. The Digitrains sound file also includes light controls at your fingertips.
WITH THEIR powerful Caterpillar V16 engines delivering 3,800hp through the Bo-Bo chassis the Class 68 diesels have become popular locomotives. They are a triumph in modern railway engineering as not only are these locomotives impressively powerful, but they are light too, coming in at just 85tons – that’s almost 40 tons lighter than a Class 66. All that is brilliant from a railway operation perspective, but from an enthusiast view there is one thing which really stands out about these locomotives: the sound. The Caterpillar C175-16 V16 engine in the Class 68s sounds superb and makes them a particularly appealing project for a digital sound installation.
Fortunately Dapol has produced ready-to-run models of the Class 68 for both ‘OO’ and ‘N’ gauge. In this sound installation we are focused on the ‘OO’ gauge model, but if you do model in ‘N’ gauge the same sound …
