DB Class 210

The Class 210 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) consisted, briefly, of a series of eight diesel locomotives, with a top speed of 160 km/h intended for operations on express trains. The locomotives were peculiar in that an additional gas turbine engine was able to provide extra power when needed. The additional turbine made it, at the time, the strongest four-axle German diesel locomotive.

DB Class 210
Two DB 210 locomotives at Munich station (1973)
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel internal combustion engine, plus gas turbine booster engine
BuilderKrupp
Serial number210 001-008
Build date~1970
Total produced8
Rebuild date1980–1981
Number rebuilt8
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICB′B′
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length16.4 m (53 ft 9.7 in)
Loco weight82 t (81 long tons; 90 short tons)
Prime moverMain engine :MTU 12V 956 TB 10
Turbine: AVCO Lycoming T53-L 13
Engine typeMain engine : diesel engine
Secondary: Gas turbine
Transmissionhydraulic
Loco brakehydrodynamic
Performance figures
Maximum speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output1,839 kW or 2,466 hp main diesel
plus 845 kW or 1,133 hp turbine
Tractive effortStarting 235 kN (53,000 lbf)

Derived from a prototype, classified as DB Class V 169 (later named Class 219), the locomotives had a ten-year service life, from ~1970 to ~1980, at which point they were rebuilt as a subclass of the conventional DB Class 218.

Another set of locomotives the Class 210.4 also had the '210' number, being rebuilt from DB Class 218s in the late 1990s for faster (160 km/h) express passenger operations.

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