#3105· Baureihe 220
DB Class V 200
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1953· class of 86 German twin-engined diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. V200 033 Fürth: Sebastian Terfloth User:Sese_Ingolstadt· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. V 200 002 (14.09.1985): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Etmr 33 – BR V200: Herranderssvensson· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Hamburg, German Railways DB Class V 200 red-black and blue-white (SIK 03-018387): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_03-018387 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. V200: The original uploader was Stefan Kühn at German Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. V200 007 in Lübeck Hbf: Artsbilder· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. V200 010: Yellowute at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. V200 048: Yellowute at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. V200 Reuschling der Brohltalbahn: Juergen.starek· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. V 200 017: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
DB Class V 200 (also known as Class 220) was the first series production diesel-hydraulic express locomotive of the German Deutsche Bundesbahn and – as Am 4/4 – of the SBB-CFF-FFS in Switzerland.
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 31 years (1953–1984).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1953–1958
- in service from
- 1953
- retired
- 1984
- status
- retired
- number built
- 86
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Maschinenbau Kiel
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 220
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q646183, Wikipedia: DB Class V 200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.