#3548· DR-Baureihe V 180
DR Class V 180
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg· from 1960· class of East German diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. V180 331 in darmstadt 100 0914: No machine-readable author provided. LosHawlos assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 118 075-1, Germany, Berlin, German Museum of Technology (Trainpix 209746): Diesellokophren· CC0
- 3. Diesellok V 180 586 Staßfurt: Rainerhaufe ( Diskussion ) 10:33, 5. Apr. 2016 (CEST)· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 4. V180-392 Homburger Bahn: MdE· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 5. 2006 11 19 OG Bahngraben abgestellte V180 321 vor Stw 32: Peter Nath· CC BY 4.0
- 6. 2006 11 19 OG Bahngraben abgestellte V180 321 vor Stw 33: Peter Nath· CC BY 4.0
- 7. 2006 11 19 OG Bahngraben abgestellte V180 321 vor Stw 34: Peter Nath· CC BY 4.0
- 8. 2006 11 19 OG Bahngraben abgestellte V180 321 vor Stw 35: Peter Nath· CC BY 4.0
- 9. 2006 11 19 OG Bahngraben abgestellte V180 321 vor Stw 36: Peter Nath· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0111-0016-001, Diesellok V 180 005 (BR V180), Fertigstellung: Rudolf Hesse· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
what is it?
The DR Class V 180 of Deutsche Reichsbahn (from 1970 Class 118, later DBAG Class 228) was a class of the largest diesel locomotives built in the German Democratic Republic. The manufacturer was Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg (LKM). The V 180 was intended to accelerate the change of traction on the Deutsche Reichsbahn and therefore replace various steam locomotive classes in use on the main lines.
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 66 years ago, in 1960.
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 35 years (1960–1995).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1960–1966
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 375
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 19.5 m
- Dutch name
- DR-Baureihe V 180
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q453354, Wikipedia: DR Class V 180 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.