DB 280 005-0 (Krauss-Maffei 1952). Only ten locomotives of
class 280 were built, equipped with a Maybach 12 cylinder
engine of 810 kW, hydrodynamic transmission and cardan
shafts. This principle was taken over for most diesel
locomotives built afterwards. In practice it was not powerful
enough for mainline trains and the wide hoods made shunting
impractical because low level signals could not be seen.
Hence it was not built in larger series and instead class
V100 developed, delivered from 1958 on.
Koblenz-Lützel, 2020-10-03.
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<a href="mailto:tbk.uncia@gmail.com">tobias b k&ouml;hler</a>