The V 240 was a DR prototype for a 2,400 HP strong, 140 km/h fast Diesel locomotive, based on the DR Class V 180 (later DBAG 228, Dicke ...

The V 240 was a DR prototype for a 2,400 HP strong, 140 km/h fast Diesel locomotive, based on the DR Class V 180 (later DBAG 228, Dicke Babelsbergerin), build in 1965.

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Ex-DR V 180 314 stands on 28 May 2007 at the headquarters of the Thüringer Eisenbahnverein in Weimar.

V 240 001 stands at Dresden-Altstadt on 8 April 2017.

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The V 240 was a DR prototype for a 2,400 HP strong, 140 km/h fast Diesel locomotive, based on the DR Class V 180 (later DBAG 228, Dicke Babelsbergerin), build in 1965. Although the locomotive did everything she should do, no series production was commenced due to the Soviet-Union, that banned all production of Diesel locomotives stronger than 2,000 HP outside the USSR. Today, the loco is part of the collection of the Dresden Verkehrsmuseum. Here she shows herself to the public at Dresden Hbf.

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V 60 114 stands at the DDM on 22 May 2010.

La DER du Blonay-Chamby / the Blonay-Chamby Saison End 2021: the G w2x 2/23 105 is arriving at Blonay.

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Chemion 1275 003 passes through Köln Messe-Deutz on 16 May 2025 during the long wait for DB Fernverkehr to start up again after a stupid planning failure led to a near total standstill of long distance rail traffic at Cologne. 
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Germany / Diesel locomotives / MaK 1206, Germany / Diesel locomotives / Private locomotives

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