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DB Class V 65
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenbau Kiel· from 1956· class of 15 German 0-8-0dh locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DB Baureihe V 65 Dahlhausen: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DB Museum Koblenz-Lützel Sommerfest 2018 (19): Joschi71· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. V 65 001: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. V 65 011 (07.09.1986): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. V 65 011 (08.10.1985): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. V 65 011 (14.09.1985): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DB Baureihe V 65: Stahlkocher· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. V 65 001, 1, Frankenberg, Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg: GeorgDerReisende· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. V 65 001, 2, Sarnau, Lahntal, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf: GeorgDerReisende· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. V65 011 (40367664680): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The DB Class V 65 locomotives (from 1968: Class 265) were German, eight-wheeled, rod-coupled diesel locomotives operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) intended for light railway services and medium-heavy shunting duties.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- 552 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 25 years (1955–1980).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1980
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbau Kiel
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 552 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q257620, Wikipedia: DB Class V 65 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.