Diesel locomotive 232 512 of the Deutsche Bahn.

■ Powerful, reliable model for authentic long trains
■ With multi-coloured driver's cab rear walls
■ Headlights/taillights switchable with a DIP switch

The design of the class 132 was gained from the experience with the 130 and 131 classes. The DR procured 709 of the optimised locomotives with electric heating equipment from the Voroshilovgrad locomotive factory in the Soviet Union. The locomotives reached a maximum speed of 120 km/h and the power output of the versatile locomotive was 3.000 hp. When the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the Deutsche Bundesbahn merged to form the Deutsche Bahn AG after the German reunification, the DR diesel locomotives were redesignated with a '2' in accordance with the DB class scheme.