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Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1954· German 3-axle, 500-hp, shunting locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C EFW Lok 7 Muenzenberg: MdE· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 2. V 50 001 am 03.09.06 im Dampflokwerk Meiningen: © Sam Gamdschie / Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C industrial and works locomotive was built between 1954 and 1966 by Krauss-Maffei. When the Wilhelmsburg Industrial Railway (Wilhelmsburger Industriebahn) was taken in 1962 two units ended up in the Deutsche Bundesbahn fleet and were incorporated in it as DB Class V 50. Because there were sufficient Class V 60 locomotives available at that time, the two 'loners' were sold in 1964.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 368 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1966
- number built
- 56
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei
- top speed
- 58 km/h
- power
- 368 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 6w
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1786878, Wikipedia: Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.