DB Class 217
| DB Class V 162 DB Class 217 |
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217 021 at Bw Weiden
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Diesel-hydraulic |
| Builder |
Krupp, BBC : V 162 001 Krupp, AEG : V 162 002 Krupp, Siemens V 162 003 Krupp: Main series |
| Serial number |
prototypes : V 162 001 to V 162 003 (later 217 001-003) 217 011–022 |
| Build date | V 162 001-002 : 1965 V 162 003 : 1966 V 162 011-022 1968 |
| Total produced | 15 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • UIC | B'B' |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Length | 16.4 m (53 ft 9.7 in) |
| Loco weight | V 162 001 / 217 001 / 753 001 : 79.0 t (77.8 long tons; 87.1 short tons) V 162 002 / 217 002 / 753 002 : 80t V 162 003 / 217 003 : 81t V 162 011 to V 162 022 : 79.0 t (77.8 long tons; 87.1 short tons) (@ 2/3 full tanks) |
| Fuel capacity | V 162 001 / 217 001 / 753 001 : 3,100 L (680 imp gal; 820 US gal) V 162 002 / 217 002 / 753 002 : 2,800 L (620 imp gal; 740 US gal) V 162 003 / 217 003 : 2,700 L (590 imp gal; 710 US gal) all others : 3,150 L (690 imp gal; 830 US gal) |
| Prime mover |
Main MTU : 16 V 652 TB 10 except V 162 003 : MTU 16 V 652 TY 10 auxiliary : MAN SEMAN D3650 HM3U |
| Transmission |
Voith hydraulic L820 also K 252 SUEW (MTU gearbox) |
| Loco brake |
pneumatic disc also hydrodynamic brake in Class 753 |
| Train brakes | air |
| Performance figures | |
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| Maximum speed |
Slow gear : 100 km/h (62 mph) Fast gear 120 km/h (75 mph) (prototype V 162 003) 130 km/h (81 mph) (main series) 140 km/h (87 mph) after 1971 - disc brake fitted machines |
| Power output |
Main engine : 1,427 kW (1,914 hp) Auxiliary engine : 386 kW (518 hp) |
| Tractive effort | starting : 236 kN (53,000 lbf) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | Deutsche Bundesbahn, followed by Deutsche Bahn AG, and subsidiaries. |
| Current owner | DB Schenker |
The DB Class V 162 (after 1968 named DB Class 217) is a class of four-axle diesel hydraulic locomotive built as a development of the DB Class V 160 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn from 1965 to 1968.
This variant has a separate diesel engine providing auxiliary power and for electric train heating, replacing the steam generator in the original V 160.
The locomotives continued to be used after the formation of the Deutsche Bahn AG in 1994; the final DB Schenker unit was withdrawn in December 1997.
Two of the prototypes of the class operated as internal locomotives and were for a time classified as DB Class 753.
In the early 1960s, the then German Federal Railways (Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB) and the German railway industry developed the V 160 series (with which this class shares the majority of its design features), a diesel locomotive for use on medium-duty passenger and freight trains on main and secondary lines. These locomotives had steam heating apparatus for passenger coaches, but could not power electrically heated stock. Therefore, with the increasing use in the future of electrically heated coaches, co-commitment with the increasing electrification of the system it was necessary to produce a variant with a method of electrical power generation.
In 1963, Krupp AG was requested to develop a V160 variant with electric train heating which would have the classification code V 162. In 1965 two prototypes V 162 001 and V 162 002 were produced, and a third V 162 003 made in 1966.
Each had a MTU-built (then Maybach) 16-cylinder engine of the type 16V652 TB10 producing 1,940 hp (1,450 kW) which was entirely used for traction. Since in the mid-1960s a more powerful engine was not available, the electrical supply was powered by an auxiliary diesel engine. The inclusion of two engines in turn meant that the overall length of the machine was increased by 0.4 m in comparison to the V 160, making a total length over buffers of 16.4 meters.
The auxiliary engine used by Krupp was a 12-cylinder MAN D3650 HM3U engine developing 500 hp (370 kW) of power. Since DB required that the auxiliary power should be available for traction (for use on freight trains), the auxiliary engine was also connected to the transmission, meaning that the traction power could be increased to 1813 kW when necessary. The generators of the three prototypes were from different manufacturers: In the V 162 001 the supplier was BBC, in V 162 002, AEG and in V 162 003 Siemens supplied the electrical generator.
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