DB V 160 family

what is it?

The DB V 160 locomotive family comprises several classes of closely related 4-axle diesel-hydraulic locomotives built in the 1960s and 1970s for the Deutsche Bundesbahn which take the family name from the earliest built model: the 'DB Class V 160'. The DB Classes V 160 (later 216), 215, V 162 (later 217), V 164 (later 218), V 169 (later 219) and DB Class 210 comprise the family, being supplemented by the DBAG Classes 225 and 226, formed from original rebuilt machines. They formed the backbone of non-shunting locomotive diesel traction in Germany up to the 1990s, and continued to do so along with the Class 232 locomotives of the former Deutsche Reichsbahn in the 2000s.

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• power 2.1 MWpower output
• weight 80 tin working order

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• ⏱️At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
• 🚗2.1 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 13 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

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number built

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kind

Diesel-hydraulic

traction

diesel

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

builders

Friedrich Krupp AG, Deutz AG, Henschel & Sohn, KraussMaffei, Maschinenbau Kiel

top speed

160 km/h

power

2.1 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

B′B′

length

16 m

weight

80 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.