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- 1. Lobenstein 290 064: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DB 295 016-0 at Hamburg Hbf: TrainSimFan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. V90 entgleist: Ikar.us· CC BY 3.0 de
what is it?
The DB Class V90 (after 1968 the DB Class 290) locomotive is a German diesel-hydraulic locomotive for shunting and freight hauling.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1963–1974
- number built
- —
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbau Kiel
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn AG
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 80 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q520641, Wikipedia: DB Class V 90 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.