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DB Class V 51 and V 52
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Gmeinder· Two classes of narrow gauge diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 251 902-3 Warthausen 17.6.1988: Peter03· Public domain
- 2. Gmd G480BB (V 52 901 A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DB V 51 and DB V 52 (from 1968: DB Class 251 and Class 252) are two classes of narrow-gauge diesel-hydraulic locomotives built in 1964 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn. The Class V 51 were built for 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and the Class V 52 for 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge lines respectively. The locomotives were built to replace steam locomotives on the narrow gauge lines in Baden-Württemberg and apart from the gauge are identical.
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.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Gmeinder
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q119874350, Wikipedia: DB Class V 51 and V 52 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.