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BR 143 in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

BR 143

The BR 143 is an electric loco from Germany in Train Sim World. It comes with 5 routes, and another DLC brings it to 7 more.

Picture: on Bahnstrecke Leipzig - Dresden, Dovetail Games.

Where you can drive it

Comes with

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: BR 143, DB BR 143.

In these DLCs: Bahnstrecke Leipzig - Dresden, Frankfurt S-Bahn: S1, S8 & S9, Nahverkehr Dresden - Riesa, Ruhr-Sieg Nord: Hagen - Finnentrop, Tharandter Rampe: Dresden - Chemnitz.

Official manual: Ruhr-Sieg Nord: Hagen - Finnentrop.

The real thing

A general-purpose electric locomotive of the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn, which Deutsche Bahn lists as Class 143. It is still counted among the most successful classes of German electric locomotives.

  • Built by: LEW Hennigsdorf (Wikipedia)
  • Built: 1982 (prototype); 1984-1991 (Wikipedia)
  • Number built: 646 (Wikipedia)
  • In service: 1985 (Wikipedia)
  • Operators: Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bahn (Wikidata)
  • Top speed: 120 km/h (74.6 mph) (Wikipedia)
  • Power: 3720 kW (4,989 hp) (Wikipedia)
  • Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
  • Power type: Electric (Wikipedia)
  • Safety systems: Sifa / PZB / LZB (Wikipedia)

Photo: Niwre at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article DR Class 243 and Wikidata.

Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.

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