Kato Lemke - K2893 - Locomotive, Diesel, NOHAB DSB class MY - SNCB/NMBS (Belgian National Railway) - 5405

Specific Item Information: SNCB livery circa 1972

Model Information: Kato first released this NOHAB DSB class MY in 2010. It was re-run in 2023.
Features:
- Power pick-up on all wheels
- Reversible headlights with the direction of travel
- Five-pole motor with two flywheel masses
- 2 traction tires, one on each truck
- Spare pilots without holes (requires to remove Rapido couplers)

DCC Information: Accepts NEM 651 / NMRA 6-pin decoders.
The instructions oddly suggest to remove the top of the shell (hidden by a removable roof) to install the decoder. However this part cannot be easily removed and requires some cutting tools. It is much easier to remove the whole shell from the chassis.

Prototype History: DSB class MY is a class of A1A-A1A (C'-C') diesel-electric locomotives built in the years 1954–1965 by NOHAB, powered by GM-EMD engines, with a design inspired by F-Units and by Australian Victorian Railways B class as a basis. The design was adapted to the UIC standard, in particular the narrower clearance gauge, and the locomotive was also fitted with European traction and buffing equipment.
A total of 59 units, numbered 1101–1159, were delivered to the Danish State Railway (DSB).
Another batch of 20 units were delivered to the Hungarian State Railway (MÁV) in 1963-64 as Class M61.
The Swedish locomotive builder Nydqvist och Holm AB (NOHAB) received the license to build EMD locomotives for Europe in 1949.
For the Belgian and Luxembourg railroads, the locomotives were built at Anglo-Franco-Belge (AFB).

The first four units, 1101–1105, were delivered with 1,700-hp EMD 567B engines. 1106–1144 were delivered with 1,950-hp EMD 567C engines. MY 1145–1159 were delivered with 1,950-hp EMD 567D1 engines.

Many of these locomotives have been sold to various European Railways and a number are still in operation today on private railroads in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Belgium, Luxembourg and Kosovo, among others.
Each country classified it as per their own standards:
- Germany DB Class V170
- Norway NSB Class Di 3
- Hungary MÁV Class M61
- Luxembourg CFL Class 1600
- Belgium SNCB Class 52–54

More information on this website (in German).

Road Name History: SNCB/NMBS (French: Société nationale des chemins de fer belges, Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen, German: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen) is the national railway company of Belgium. The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB, however it is commonly referred to in English and internationally using just the French abbreviation SNCB.
NMBS/SNCB is an autonomous government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the Belgian State Railways. In 2005, the company was split up into three parts: Infrabel, which manages the railway infrastructure, network operations and network access, the public railway operator NMBS/SNCB itself to manage the freight (B-Cargo) and passenger services, and NMBS/SNCB-Holding, which owns both public companies and supervises the collaboration between them. NMBS/SNCB-Holding was merged into SNCB in 2014 in order to simplify the structure of the Belgian railways.

Brand/Importer Information: Wolfgang Lemke GmbH from Haan, Germany, is an importer and also a manufacturer of model articles, especially for model railways in N and H0 scales.

Starting in 1990, Lemke was the general importer for Kato's products in Germany and Europe, a position now held by Noch. Lemke is also producing, in cooperation with Kato, specific models for the German and European market under the brand name 'Kato Lemke'.