#4171· Baureihe 232
DR Class 130 family
🇷🇺 Soviet Union ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 1973· class of East German diesel locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TE109 130 002 Dampflokfest Dresden 2000: Rainerhaufe ( Diskussion ) 13:48, 30. Nov. 2013 (CET)· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DR 242 002: Benedictus· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 20261016 Bahnlogistik24 DR Class 130.-011: Bybbisch94· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 20261016 Bahnlogistik24 DR Class 130.-012: Bybbisch94· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 20261016 Bahnlogistik24 DR Class 130.-013: Bybbisch94· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DR 130 family of locomotives comprises the DR Class 130 (DBAG Class 230), DR Class 131 (DBAG Class 231), DR Class 132 (DBAG Class 232 as well as Classes 233, 234 and 241 produced through modifications) and DR Class 142 (DBAG Class 242), in USSR locomotive called TE109 (DBAG 230/1/2) and TE129 (DBAG 242). They were produced in the Soviet Union in Luhansk, Ukraine, from the 1970s onwards, and were imported into the GDR. After the reunification of Germany the Deutsche Bahn (DBAG) inherited them and continue to make use of them mainly as heavy freight locomotives. Nicknamed Ludmilla, over 700 units were produced between 1970 and 1982.
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 53 years ago, in 1973.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 9 years (1973–1982).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1973–1982
- in service from
- 1973
- retired
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,011
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Soviet Union
- builders
- Luhanskteplovoz
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bahn
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 20.6 m
- weight
- 116 t
- nicknames
- Ludmilla
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 232
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q392690, Wikipedia: DR Class 130 family (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.