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- 1. Br335: Solaris2006· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DB Class Köf III 335 131-9: JoachimKohler-HB· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DB railways Köf III class (after 1968 named classes 331, 332, 333 and 335) are light two axle shunting locomotives of Deutsche Bahn AG.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 6 years (1959–1965).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 571
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Gmeinder, Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik, Orenstein & Koppel, Windhoff Bahn- und Anlagentechnik
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- 177 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 7.8 m
- weight
- 22 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q897017, Wikipedia: DB Class Köf III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.