#3546· Baureihe 216
DB Class V 160
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1960· class of 224 German diesel-hydraulic locomotives (later class 216)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 216 067 Koblenz Luetzel 02062012: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DB 216 003-4 5: MPW57· Public domain
what is it?
The Class V 160 (after 1968: Class 216) is a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the German railways. It is the first variant of the V160 family, built for the Deutsche Bundesbahn for medium/heavy trains. The Class were successful locomotives, eventually leading to a family of similar locomotives (see DB V 160 family).
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1960
- in service from
- 1960
- number built
- 224
- kind
- diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, KHD Humboldt Wedag, Henschel & Sohn, KraussMaffei, Maschinenbau Kiel, Deutz AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 16 m
- weight
- 74 t
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 216
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q564861, Wikipedia: DB Class V 160 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.