DB class V 200

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class V 200.0
from 1968: class 220
SBB Am 4/4
DB class V 200
DB class V 200
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number in class 86
numbers V 200 001 - 086
producer Krauss-Maffei, MaK
first built prototype 1953
regular from 1956
out of service 1984
UIC classification B'B'
weight 73,5 - 81,0 t
axle load 18,4 - 20,3 t
length prototype: 18.470 mm
regular : 18.530 mm
Vmax 140 km/h
motors 2 x 12 cyl. diesel
transmission hydraulic
power 1.618 kW
brakes air pressure brakes

DB class V 200.0 (from 1968: class 220) was one of the first a diesel-hydraulic express locomotives of the German Deutsche Bundesbahn and - as Am 4/4 - of the SBB-CFF-FFS in Switzerland.

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[edit] History

Five prototypes of V 200 had been built by Krauss-Maffei in 1953/154. From 1956 a number of 61 engines were built by Krauss-Maffei and 20 by MaK.

The V 200 hauled express trains on all main lines, replacing the DRG Class 05, DRG Class 03 and DRG Class 01. Following the railway electrification of the main lines the V 200 was more and more used for commuter trains and freight trains, but the lines Hamburg-Westerland, Hamburg-Lubeck-Copenhagen and Munich-Lindau still saw the V 200 hauling express trains.

From 1962 the V 200.0 was followed by the stronger DB class V 200.1, later class 221.

Beginning 1977 the V 200 were concentrated in the northern german engine shops. The two motor concept made the service more expensive than in single motor locomotives like DB Class V 160. A further disadvantage was the steam heating system compared to electric train heating. The last V 200 went out of service at DB in 1984.

Seven V 200 were sold to the swiss SBB-CFF-FFS, numbered (SBB Am 4/4 18461-18467). They did service until 1997 and were sold into private ownership in Germany. Other locomotives were sold to albanic Hekurudha e Shqipërisë, but only for a short service before scrapping. The greek OSE bought some V 200 also. Some V 200.1 (later class 221) have been reimported from Greece to Germany by the Prignitzer Eisenbahn, now numbered as class 270.

Today some V 200 are preserved. Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg owns the V 200 007. The prototype V 200 had been destroyed by the fire at the Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg Oktober 17th, 2005.

[edit] Technics

The V 200 had two fast running V12-diesel engines. The transmssion was hydraulic, each motor operated via a hydraulic torque converter one bogie. The maximum speed was 140 km/h. The prototypes had a maximum power of 1,471 kW, the 200.0 had a power of 1,618 kW. Unlike some other diesel-hydraulic locomotives the V 200 was famous for her high reliability.

[edit] Different class DR V 200 / class 220

The former DR of the GDR had a class V 200 as well, later DR class 120. This were russian made diesel-electric locomotives, nick name "taiga drum". After the end of the berlin wall those engines were classified by DB as class 220 too, since all western german V 200 were out of service at the DB.

[edit] Literature

  • Mattias Maier Die Baureihe V200 Eisenbahn-Kurier (EK-Verlag; Freiburg) ISBN 3-88255-208-5

[edit] Weblinks

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