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BR 185 in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

BR 185

The BR 185 is an electric loco from Germany in Train Sim World. It comes with 9 routes, and another DLC brings it to 10 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 185, BR185.2, BR 185.2, BR 185.5, DB BR 185.2.

In these DLCs: Bahnstrecke Leipzig - Dresden, Bahnstrecke Salzburg - Rosenheim, Main Spessart Bahn: Aschaffenburg - Gemünden, Nahverkehr Dresden - Riesa, Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn: Mannheim – Kaiserslautern, Rhein-Ruhr Osten: Wuppertal - Hagen, Ruhr-Sieg Nord: Hagen - Finnentrop, Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg, Tharandter Rampe: Dresden - Chemnitz.

Official manual: Main Spessart Bahn: Aschaffenburg - Gemünden, Rhein-Ruhr Osten: Wuppertal - Hagen, Ruhr-Sieg Nord: Hagen - Finnentrop.

The real thing

The Traxx is a modular family of electric and diesel locomotives built by Bombardier and later Alstom, in freight and passenger versions. The first was a dual-voltage locomotive for German railways from 2000, and later types can run on all four electric systems used in Europe.

  • Built by: Bombardier Transportation, Alstom (2021–) (Wikipedia)
  • Built: 1996–present (Wikipedia)
  • Number built: 1,800 (Wikipedia)
  • Operators: DB Cargo, Deutsche Bahn (Wikidata)
  • Top speed: 140 km/h (87 mph) (freight versions), 160 km/h (99.4 mph) (passenger versions), 200 km/h (124 mph) version also available (Wikipedia)
  • Power: Electric: 5.6-6.4 MW, (1.5 kV: 4.0 MW (5,364 hp)), Diesel: 2.2 MW (2,950 hp) (Wikipedia)
  • Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
  • Power type: Electric (Wikipedia)
  • Safety systems: ETCS ready, Various European systems (Wikipedia)

Photo: Lars Steffens, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article Alstom Traxx and Wikidata.

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

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