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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Liesel 02-04-2011 DBAG 261 020 Voith Gravita: Liesel· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Voith Gravita 10BB northrail 261 301-6 2235 Torsten Baetge: Torsten Bätge, Hamburg· GFDL
- 3. DB Class 265: Tobias Nordhausen from Sondershausen, Deutschland· CC BY 2.0
- 4. DB Class 261: Unscheinbar· Public domain
- 5. Gravita fuehrerstand: Dorfi· CC BY 3.0
- 6. 2024-07-28 3432 Gravita i Kil: G och J· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Duisburg Voith Gravita 265 499 VTG Rail met gasketelwagens (24486226713): Rob Dammers· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Gravita 10 BB der Städtischen Häfen Hannover F9: Gerd Fahrenhorst· CC BY 3.0
- 9. Gravita 15 BB kabina Trako13: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Gravita 15 BB Trako13: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Voith Gravita locomotives are a family of road switcher diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Available in a range of configurations from 4 to 6 axles, they are designed for shunting and light and medium freight operations. The 10BB version has been chosen by Deutsche Bahn as a replacement for its DB Class 290 locomotives with an order of 130 locos in 2008.
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
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 10 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Voith Group
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Model 5B: B
- length
- 10 m
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 261
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2530530, Wikipedia: Voith Gravita (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.