DSB Talgo 230, Blender model

Created by Darren Wilden (dwinnovation.dk) · Version 1.0 · November 2026 · Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial use, credit required)

A detailed, real-scale model of a complete DSB Talgo 230 rake, EC 0401, in its push-pull form: fourteen passenger cars and the control car (styrevogn) at the first class end, 209.6 m long. It is made for close-up rendering in Blender Cycles: the bodies, doors and windows, the roof pods, the gangways, the Talgo running gear between the cars, the two end bogies, the coupling end of the Bpd end car and the nose of the control car are modelled part by part, and every car carries its own numbers, door screen and lettering.

What is in this archive

Folder or file	Contents
`blender/DSB_Talgo230.blend`	The model, made with Blender 4.5 LTS. It is self-contained and opens anywhere without missing files.
`export/DSB_Talgo230.fbx`	FBX export, for other 3D applications and game engines.
`export/DSB_Talgo230.glb`	glTF binary export, for web viewers, three.js, Unity, Unreal and similar.
`renders/`	Eight cinematic renders of the model, made in Cycles.
`README.md`, `README.html`	This documentation.
`LICENSE.txt`	The CC BY-NC 4.0 licence terms.
`NOTICES.txt`	Trademarks, reference material and fonts. Please read it before you publish work made with the model.

The real train

Item	Value
Operator	DSB (Danske Statsbaner), Denmark
Type	Talgo 230, an unpowered, articulated, low-floor rake hauled by a DSB class EB (Siemens Vectron) locomotive
Builder	Talgo, Spain
Cars per rake	15
Length of the rake	209 m without the locomotive
Car pitch	13.30 m between the articulations of the intermediate cars
Running gear	One Talgo running gear with two independently rotating wheels (no through axle) between each pair of cars, and a conventional bogie under the outer end of each end car
Floor height	760 mm above the rail, step-free (the end of the Bpd end car has a raised floor)
Seats	492 (442 standard, 50 DSB 1') plus 22 folding seats
Top speed	200 km/h in service, 230 km/h design speed
Fleet	16 rakes and 16 control cars, the first rake is EC 0401
In service	Copenhagen to Hamburg since 3 November 2025

The rake in this model

The model shows rake EC 0401 with the control car at the first class end, so it can run in push-pull with the locomotive at the other end. From the +X end:

Car no.	Type	Car	Notes
11	Bpd	0101	End car with buffers and screw coupling for the locomotive
12, 14, 16, 18, 20	Bpt	0201 to 0205	Standard class with toilets
13, 15, 17, 19, 21	Bp	0318 to 0322	Standard class
22	Bph	0401	Accessible car with wheelchair places
23	Ap	0901	DSB 1'
24	Apt	0601	DSB 1' with toilets
	Control car		Driving cab at the -X end, in place of the second Bpd end car

Model specifications

Item	Value
Scale and units	Real scale, 1 Blender unit = 1 metre
Size	209.63 m long, 2.97 m wide and 3.95 m high above the rail
Origin	The centre of the rake, at rail top height
Axes	X along the rake (the Bpd end car at +X, the control car nose at -X), Y across, Z up. Rail top is at Z = 0.
Geometry	About 5.1 million faces (9.4 million triangles) when rendered in Blender, in 2,107 objects. The FBX and GLB exports keep the full geometry.
Materials	Physically based materials, with the lettering, numbers and door screens as packed textures
Collection	Everything is in one collection, `Talgo230_EC0401`
Render engine	Cycles (set up for 256 samples with denoising, 1920 x 1080)
Cameras	`CAM_Hero_ControlCar` (the active camera), `CAM_Side`, `CAM_RunningGear`, `CAM_Bpd_End`

How the model is built

Bodies: one shell per car with cut openings for the windows and the plug door on each side, the red and grey livery, the window rubbers and real glass, the gutters, the rivet rows, the panel seams, the hatches and the skirt boxes with their grilles, bolts and seams.
Doors: one plug door per car side with its leaf, window, push buttons and the door information screen. Each screen shows its own car number from 11 to 24.
Roof: the roof pods with their grilles, latches, screws and joints, the raised roof over the end bogies and the antennas.
Running gear and gangways: the Talgo running gear at every joint, with the wheels, the axle boxes, the swing arms, the cylinders, the rods, the hoses and the track brakes, and the gangway with its bellows, floor plate, dampers and the jumper cables and sockets between the cars.
End bogies: the conventional bogie under the outer end of the Bpd end car and of the control car, with the wheelsets, the axle boxes, the primary springs and dampers, the air springs and the track brakes.
Bpd coupling end: the recessed end wall with its window, the ear panels with the ladder, the tail lamps, the grab handles, the sockets and jumper cables, the buffers, the screw coupling, the hoses and cocks and the foot steps.
Control car nose: the windscreen with its frame and wipers, the headlights, the camera housing, the grille, the screens and handrails on the nose, the DSB logo, the buffers, the screw coupling, the hoses, the deflector, the steps and the grab rails.
Lettering: the DSB hexagon logos, the car and UIC numbers, the DSB 1' first class strips, the pictograms and the small labels, as separate decal objects.

Using the model

Rendering: press F12 in Blender to render the active camera. The file has a simple sky world for a quick start. For a full scene, add your own environment and track.
Moving or posing: select everything in the Talgo230_EC0401 collection and move it as one.
Coupling a locomotive: the buffers and the screw coupling of the Bpd end car are at the +X end. The rake was built against the DSB EB Vectron model by Darren Wilden, which is a separate download.
Lights: the headlight bulbs of the control car are separate objects (TLG_Ctrl_HeadlightBulb and TLG_Ctrl_HeadlightProjector), so you can add emission to their materials to light them, as in the dusk render.
Other software: use the FBX or GLB in the export folder. In both exports all modifiers are applied. Glass becomes a transmissive material, and paint whose colour is made by node logic is given its average colour.
Game engines: the model is made for rendering. For real-time use, reduce detail as needed, for example on the running gear, the gangways and the small fittings.

Accuracy and known simplifications

The model was built from photographs of the real rakes, the DSB floor plans of the cars and the lettering on the cars, and checked against camera-matched photographs. No dimensioned drawings were available, so sizes that are not published are measured from the photos.

Known simplifications:

This is an exterior model. The passenger saloons have no interior fittings, and the driving cab of the control car has only its floor, ceiling and back wall behind the windscreen. The windows are dark glass.
The small labels are stand-ins of the right size and colour where they are not legible in any photo.

Credits and licence

Model and renders: Darren Wilden, dwinnovation.dk.
Updates and new releases: follow Darren Wilden at dwinnovation.dk/darren.
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Free to use and adapt for non-commercial projects, with credit to the author. Commercial use is not covered by this licence. Suggested credit: "DSB Talgo 230 model by Darren Wilden (dwinnovation.dk), CC BY-NC 4.0", with a link to https://dwinnovation.dk where possible.
DSB names, logos and liveries belong to DSB. They are not covered by this licence. See NOTICES.txt.