DB Class V 65

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V 65
Type and origin Power type 6-cylinder diesel engine Builder MaK Model MaK MS 301 C Build date 1956 Total produced 15
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-8-0  • UIC D Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,250 mm (49.21 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 10,740 mm (35 ft 2.8 in) Axle load 13.5 t (13.3 long tons; 14.9 short tons) Service weight 54.0 t (53.1 long tons; 59.5 short tons) No. of traction motors 1 Traction motors 1
Performance figures Maximum speed 80 km/h (50 mph) Installed power 552 kW (740 hp)
Career Numbers DB V 65 001–015 Retired 1980

The DB Class V 65 locomotives (from 1968: Class 265) were German, eight-wheeled, rod-coupled diesel locomotives operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) intended for light railway services and medium-heavy shunting duties. The 15 locomotives were delivered in 1956 by MaK (Kiel) to the DB.

Description[]

Class V 65/Class 265 engines were delivered to the DB shortly after the arrival in service of the first V 60s. Amongst their special features were the MaK motor with only 750 rpm and the Beugniot lever between the individual axles, that improved curve running. For train heating the engine had a boiler that was heated by the engine's exhaust gases. The engine itself had to be pre-heated with a Dofa coke oven. For this purpose up to 100 kg of coke could be carried.

Although, with only 15 units, the Class V 65 was built in relatively small numbers, it was really only a slight modification of the built by MaK for private railways. These belonged to the so-called MaK rod-coupled locomotives (MaK-Stangenlokomotiven), that were operated in large numbers by private railways. Their power ranged between 240 and 1,200 PS (180 and 880 kW).

Operations[]

The locomotives were initially deployed in the area of Marburg/Lahn ahead of light passenger trains, but in 1964 they were replaced by the more powerful V 100. After that, five examples were used for shunting duties at Puttgarden ferryboat station until 1980, being stationed at the depot (Bahnbetriebswerk) at Puttgarden. The remainder were employed at Hamburg-Altona where their duties included working on the Hamburg Harbour railway.

Locomotive V 65 001 has been preserved and, after a term with the Meppen-Haselünne Railway is now looked after by the Osnabrück Steam Railway Society (Osnabrücker Dampflokfreunden) and is used as a museum railway engine. Another V65, number V 65 011, has been loaned by the DB Museum to the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum owned by the DGEG.

Appearance in film[]

In the first scenes of the 1962 film Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern (The Door with the Seven Locks) a DB V 65 engine can clearly be seen standing in the station. This reveals that the scenes were filmed in a German station and not - as the film tries to suggest by the use of various English signs - at a station in London.

See also[]

• List of DB locomotives and railbuses

External links[]

• V65 bei www.loks-aus-kiel.de