DB class V 80
| DB class V 80 DB class 280 |
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 280 005 in the outdoor area of the DB Museum Nuremberg (2016)
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| Numbering: | DB V 80 001-010 from 1968: 280 001-010 |
| Number: | 10 |
| Manufacturer: | MaK , Krauss-Maffei |
| Year of construction (s): | 1951/1952 |
| Retirement: | 1976-1988 |
| Axis formula : | B'B ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 12,800 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 9,200 mm |
| Service mass: | 58.0 t |
| Friction mass: | 58.0 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 14.5 t |
| Top speed: | 100 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 810 kW |
| Starting tractive effort: | 190 kN |
| Performance indicator: | 14 kW / t |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 950 mm |
| Motor type: |
Maybach MD 650 MTU MB 12 V 493 TZ |
| Motor type: | 1 × 12-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine |
| Rated speed: | 1,500 rpm |
| Power transmission: | hydraulic |
| Tank capacity: | 2,250 l |
| Drive: | diesel-hydraulic |
| Brake: | Air brake |
The class V 80 marked the first newly developed diesel locomotive type of the Deutsche Bundesbahn for the line service, which was designated as class 280 from 1968 .
history
This type of locomotive was built as the first newly developed diesel locomotive for the route service of the German Federal Railroad (DB). The series was built in the years 1951/1952 in a number of only ten copies, but formed the basis of all further developments of the DB in this sector.
The locomotives were first on the Bahnbetriebswerke Frankfurt and Bamberg distributed. In Frankfurt (Main) they came in suburban traffic Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe or to Kronberg and also pulled express trains between Frankfurt (Main) and Cologne . The Bamberg machines were used in suburban traffic in Nuremberg as well as on various branch lines around Bamberg. From 1963, all locomotives in Bamberg were combined and took over passenger and freight train services on many branch lines in northern Bavaria.
The death of the branch line in the 1970s meant that the DB was able to part with the ten copies between 1976 and 1978, as there were enough locomotives of the comparable V 100 series available.
construction
Typical of the appearance is the driver's cab in the middle of the vehicle, which can be used in both directions and which towers above the engine compartments. The combination of a single central driver's cab with two fully clad ends accessible from the inside is unique in German locomotive construction.
In its basic design, the V 80 has elements that were also used in all of the following diesel locomotive types: medium- speed diesel engine , hydraulic transmission , power transmission to the axles by means of cardan shafts . Originally three different engines with 800 to 1000 hp were installed; later, 1,100 hp MTU engines were installed. All engines are supercharged V12 four-stroke diesel engines.
Whereabouts
After their retirement, the class 280 locomotives were largely sold to various private railways and track construction companies in Italy . One example, the V 80 002, was maintained by Deutsche Bahn itself as a museum locomotive at the Nuremberg Transport Museum - this and other locomotives, however, fell victim to the flames when the locomotive shed burned on October 17, 2005. Shortly afterwards, all the burnt down diesel locomotives in the museum's holdings were scrapped.
The first V 80 built by Krauss-Maffei has been back in Germany since mid-October 2005 . The locomotive V 80 001 was acquired by a collector who also owns the museum locomotive 212 203 and brought back from Italy to Germany.
As a replacement for the V 80 002 that burned in Nuremberg in 2005, the DB Museum received the last V 80 built at the time, the V 80 005 , from its Italian owner in June 2008 in exchange for a class 216 diesel locomotive from its own inventory . It was externally refurbished until April 2013 in the Meiningen steam locomotive works in its original paintwork with computer lettering. In August 2013 the V80 007 was transferred from Italy to Siegen, where it was optically refurbished.
literature
- Peter Große, Josef Högemann: The class V 80 - the ancestor of the German diesel locomotives and her sisters. EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-88255-188-4 .
Web links
- The V 80 in the model
- 280 001 1973 in Bamberg on the Joachim Schmidt Railway Foundation
