| Diesel Locomotive
German Federal Railroad (DB) class v 200.0 heavy diesel hydraulic locomotive. General-purpose locomotive in the classic crimson paint scheme. The locomotive looks as it did around 1963.
Special edition:
1997-1998 Diesel loc - red and black - A limited edition - lco no V 220 087
HISTORY V200:
Serial delivery of the first 50 machines of the V200 (BR220) series started in 1956, followed by a further delivery of 31 units in 1958. The diesel locomotives were supplied by the company ATLAS-MaK and Krauss-Maffei. The locomotive was powered by two V-12 diesel engines, which were interchangeable. The engines were supplied by the company MAN, Maybach (MTU) or Daimler-Benz (MTU). From 1962, this type of locomotives were equipped with engines with a power of 1100 hp. engine with a power of 1100 hp per engine. The successor v200.1 (BR221) even delivered a power of 1350 hp. The connection to the two bogie drives was made by means of a hydraulic torque converter, which was filled with oil just before driving away. In normal operation both engines were used. As a separate locomotive or as a light train, the V200 could also run on 1 engine. The locomotive of this series was considered very noisy. Therefore, heavy compressed air horns were used as horns.
The last locomotives of the Construction Series V200.0 (BR220) were taken out of service with the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) in 1984. The construction series V200.1 (BR221) was withdrawn from service 4 years later. Several of the machines sold abroad, as well as some German museum locomotives, can still be seen and heard today. Source: |
