The DB Class 218 (before 1968 the DB Class V 164) are a class of 4-axle, diesel-hydraulic locomotives acquired by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for use on main and secondary lines for both passenger and freight trains.
The class represents the final major revision of the DB V 160 family of locomotives; having the preferred features of the antecedent locomotives, including a hydrodynamic brake, and a single engine providing electrical train heating via a generator as well as tractive power. The class were also the most numerous of the family, providing the backbone of the Deutsche Bundesbahn's main-line diesel locomotive traction from the 1970s up to the reunification of Germany.
Despite being displaced from many workings by DMUs, electrification, and inherited DR Class 130s, as of 2009 a significant number of the class still remain active throughout Germany.
The DBClass218 (before 1968 the DBClass V 164) are a class of 4-axle, diesel-hydraulic locomotives acquired by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for use on main...
of the conventional DBClass218. Another set of locomotives the Class 210.4 also had the '210' number, being rebuilt from DBClass 218s in the late 1990s...
rebuilding of 1960s and 1970s locomotives of Class 215 and 218 units. The class were transferred to DB Cargo for freight only operations. The individual...
These DBClass V 100 diesel locomotives were produced in the late 1950s by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for non-electrified branch lines as a replacement for...
The DBClass V 169 consisted of a single example: V 169 001, derived from the DBClass V 160 family, with an additional gas turbine booster engine. It...
passenger heating a number of related classes sprang up – the Classes 210, 215, 217, 218 and 219 (see DBClass V 160 family); although some were a little...
included that had never been part of the DB. These were allocated to new classes by the EBA, no longer based around DB historical classification. This has...
DBClass V 200 (also known as Class 220) was the first series production diesel-hydraulic express locomotive of the German Deutsche Bundesbahn and – as...
The DBClass V 162 (after 1968 named DBClass 217) is a class of four-axle diesel hydraulic locomotive built as a development of the DBClass V 160 for...
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This service is provided by 208 employees. The Kurhessenbahn also has a DBClass218 diesel locomotive for freight and special transports. This is mainly...
newly built Class E 18s commissioned in 1955. In 1968 Class E 18 was renumbered to DBClass 118. Even though the first production-series Class E 10 locomotives...
services or heritage railways. "DBClass 440/1440". DBClass 440/1440. Retrieved 2023-08-01. Fender, Keith (2017-12-21). "DB Regio Twindexx EMUs enter service"...
with the DB classification scheme. Classes that were fully retired before 1968 are listed under the classification allocated to them by the DB up to 1967...
in 37401 becoming the only Class 37 to remain in traffic into the new DB Schenker era. DB Schenker had one operational Class 37/4, 37401, at the time of...
and 21 minutes. Deutsche Bundesbahn and DB Regio used locomotives of DBClass218 until 2002, previously DBClass 212 locomotives hauling Silberling coaches...
(Examples: Class V60 became Class 260, Class V80 became Class 280). Three digit codes generally lost their last digit (V 160 became DBClass 216). Variants...
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