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DB Class V 169
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KHD Humboldt Wedag· from 1965· class of 1 German diesel-hydraulic locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DB 219 001: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DB Class V 169 consisted of a single example: V 169 001, derived from the DB Class V 160 family, with an additional gas turbine booster engine. It can be considered the prototype for diesel locomotives with a gas turbine as an additional drive; specifically the DB Class 210. Post 1968 the class designation was changed to Class 219, and the locomotive renumbered 219 001 In 1999 the locomotive was heavily renovated for a private company, and does not now have the gas turbine.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.4 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
- 1965
- retired
- 1978
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel reciprocating engine with gas turbine booster
- traction
- gas turbine
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KHD Humboldt Wedag, Deutz AG
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn, Impresa Attilio Rossi, Bahngesellschaft Waldhof AG, Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe Weser GmbH, Lokrapid
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.4 m
- weight
- 76.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q883130, Wikipedia: DB Class V 169 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.