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{{Infobox locomotive
| name = DB Classes V 60 / 260, 261 / 360, 361<br/>DBAG Classes 360–365
| bgcolor = A00
| color = FFF
| image = DB Museum Koblenz Sommerfest 2013 073 (9309005473).jpg
| alt =
| caption = DBAG 360 303-2 in 2013 at Koblenz.
| powertype = Diesel-hydraulic
| designer =
| builder = {{ubl|[[Maschinenbau Kiel|MaK]]: 382;|[[Krupp]]: 252;|[[Henschel & Sohn]]: 151;|[[Krauss-Maffei]]: 51;|[[Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik|Jung]]: 40;|[[Maschinenfabrik Esslingen|Esslingen]]: 36;|[[Deutz AG|Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz]]: 27;|[[Gmeinder]]: 3}}
| ordernumber =
| serialnumber =
| buildmodel =
| builddate = 1956–1964
| totalproduction = 942, incl. 319 heavy class*
| rebuilder =
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| uicclass = C
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| driver = 
| gauge = {{track gauge|sg}}
| trucks =
| bogies =
| leadingdiameter =
| wheeldiameter = {{convert|1,250|mm|in|2|abbr=on}}
| trailingdiameter =
| carrydiameter =
| minimumcurve = {{convert|100|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|4400|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| engine total =
| coupled = 
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| over buffers = {{convert|10450|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| over headstocks =
| body =
| width = {{convert|3100|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|4540|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| axleload = {{ubl|{{convert|16|t|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}|{{convert|18|t|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}*}}
| weightondrivers = {{ubl|{{convert|48.3|–|49.5|t|abbr=on}}|{{convert|53.0|t|abbr=on}}*}}
| locoweight =
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| serviceweight = {{ubl|{{convert|48.3|–|49.5|t|abbr=on}}|{{convert|53.0|t|abbr=on}}*}}
| fueltype = Diesel
| fuelcap = {{convert|1500|or|1800|L|impgal usgal}}
| lubecap =
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| primemover = {{ubl|[[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] GTO 6 / GTO 6A or|MTU MB 12V 493 AZ|
[[Caterpillar, Inc.|Caterpillar]] 3412E DI-TTA**}}
| rpmrange =
| rpmrange low =
| rpmrange idle =
| rpmrange max = 1,400 [[Revolutions per minute|rpm]]
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| generator =
| headendpower =
| cylindercount = 6 To 12
| cylindersize =
| transmission = [[Hydrokinetic transmission|Hydraulic]]
| runningsteps =
| runningstepswitch =
| gear ratio =
| multipleworking =
| trainheating =
| locobrakes = [[Railway airbrake|Air]]
| dynamicpeakeffort=
| locobrakeforce =
| trainbrakes = [[Railway airbrake|Air]]
| reservoircap =
| compressorcap =
| exhaustercap =
| coupling =
| maxspeed = {{ubl|''Line:'' {{convert|60|km/h|abbr=on}}|''Shunt:'' {{convert|30|km/h|abbr=on}}}}
| poweroutput = {{ubl|{{convert|650|PS|kW hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}|{{convert|632|PS|kW hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}**}}
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| tractiveeffort =
| t/e starting = {{ubl|{{convert|117.6|kN|abbr=on}}|{{convert|132.3|kN|abbr=on}}*}}
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| safety = [[ETCS]]
| operator =
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| numinclass =
| fleetnumbers = V 60 001 – V 60 1241, with gaps
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| notes = <nowiki>*</nowiki> later 261<br/><nowiki>*</nowiki> 362/363
}}
The '''DB Class V 60''' is a German [[diesel locomotive]] operated by the [[Deutsche Bundesbahn]] (DB) and later, the [[Deutsche Bahn|Deutsche Bahn AG]] (DB AG), which is used particularly for [[shunt (rail)|shunting]] duties, but also for hauling light [[Freight rail transport|goods trains]]. Seventeen locomotives were bought used by the [[Norwegian State Railways]] and designated '''NSB Di 5'''. Also the [[Yugoslav Railways]] bought used units, and designated them '''JŽ 734'''; they were subsequently designated '''Series 2133''' by the [[Croatian Railways]].

==History==
The DB had a shortage of small [[switcher|shunters]]. As a result, in 1951, a diesel shunter was designed, almost all the major locomotive firms being involved in its development and production. The new class was initially called the V 60. In 1955 the first prototype locomotives, V 60 001–004, were delivered by [[Krupp]], [[Krauss-Maffei]], [[Maschinenbau Kiel|Mak]] and [[Henschel & Son|Henschel]], each having different engines. Later that same year orders for the first production locomotives were issued; they were to have GTO 6 or GTO 6A motors from [[Maybach]]. Several of the locomotives were given a stronger [[locomotive frame|frame]] and had a higher adhesive weight of {{convert|53|t}} instead of {{convert|48.3|-|49.5|t}}. In addition these engines could carry up to an extra {{convert|6|t|1}} of ballast for heavy duties, however they continued to be classed as V 60s. A total of 942 locomotives of this class were built. In 1968 the V 60s, like all other DB locomotives were given computer readable numbers. At this point the class was divided into '''Classes 260''' (light variant) and '''261''' (heavy variant).

===Norwegian State Railways===
In the 1980s, the [[Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996)|Norwegian State Railways]] (NSB) saw a need for shunters to replace the aging [[NSB Di 2|Di 2]] units and chose to buy seven used V 260 from DB in 1985 and given the designation NSB Di 5. Two years later NSB bought another ten units, but one of them was only used for spare parts. The locomotives were numbered 5.861–877. They were scrapped between 1996 and 1998—none have been preserved.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forsk.njk.no/mdb/mdb.php?hid=117&aut=&eng=1 |title=Di 5 - C |author=Norwegian Railway Club |author-link=Norwegian Railway Club |access-date=10 April 2009}}</ref>

===Croatian Railways===
In 1985, the [[Yugoslav Railways]] (JŽ) bought some used locomotives. They were designated JŽ 734. After the split, they were transferred to the [[Croatian Railways]] and designated Class 2133. There were two subtypes: 2133-0 with traction effort {{convert|118|kN|abbr=on}}, and 2133-1 with traction effort {{convert|132|kN|abbr=on}}.

==Technology==
The V 60 (260/261) is {{convert|10.45|m|ftin}} long and can run at speeds of up to {{convert|60|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.
The frame is fully welded. The transmission is under the driver's cab, which itself is not quite in the centre of the vehicle. Under the front end is the motor and cooling system, under the rear end the brake compressor and main air reservoir, the fuel system and a tank. The driver's cab is sound-proofed, the footplate is at the front and the loco can be operated from either side.

The drive is achieved using a 12 [[cylinder (locomotive)|cylinder]] [[Maybach]] GT06-[[diesel engine|diesel motor]] capable of producing {{convert|478|kW|PS|abbr=on|lk=on}}. This engine is an evolutionary development of the type G05, which was installed from 1932 in various railcars including the ''[[DRG Class SVT 877|Flying Hamburger]]''. The locomotive is driven by means of a [[Hydrokinetic transmission|hydraulic transmission]] by [[Voith]] via a [[jackshaft]] and [[coupling rod]]s to the three axles, a concept that had also been used on earlier shunting engines such as the [[Wehrmachtslokomotive WR 360 C 14|Class V 36]].
The centre axle has about {{convert|30|mm|in|2}} of lateral play. Between the second and third axle there is a jack shaft.
The locomotives have shunting and running gears.

In order to start the [[diesel motor]], it has to be pre-heated. The first batches had a small [[coke (fuel)|coke]] oven (later ones used an [[oil burner]]) and, for that reason, the locomotive carried up to {{convert|150|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of coke. The Class 362/363 engines had an electrically-controlled preheater and heat retention system.

The locomotives had a compressed air through brake, an auxiliary brake and a [[hand brake]] that braked the third axle.

==Operations==
[[File:Uelzen 261 651-4 1984-03-28.jpg|thumb|right|Class 261 (V 60) in 1984 at [[Uelzen]]]]
The engines were not just used for shunting, but also for light goods and passenger train services. They were even employed hauling [[departmental train]]s.

After the V 60 had been in service for about 25 years, in 1982 the DB tested a variety of shunting engines under the [[DB Class 259|Class 259]], which were to be the successors of the V 60. They were unable to decide on one, however, so that in the following years several measures were carried out in order to improve the economy of the V 60.

In 1987 the engine was classified as a minor locomotive (''[[Kleinlokomotive|Kleinlok]]'') and reclassified. Class 260 became Class 360 and the 261s became 361s. Its categorisation as a ''Kleinlok'' saved staff costs, because the railway no longer had to employ "engine drivers", only "Kleinlok operators", whose training was cheaper. The installation of radio control enabled one-man shunting movements using remote control; the fully radio controlled models were called the '''Class 364''' (light class) or '''365''' (heavy class), however the only loco in Class 364 was soon renumbered to 365 700.

Since 1997 the Maybach motors have been replaced during refurbishment by Caterpillar 12-cylinder engines generating 465 kW (632 PS), this conversion only being done on engines with radio control. These locos are designated as '''Class 362''' (light variant) and '''363''' (heavy variant).

In 2001 one engine was equipped with a Caterpillar V8 engine run on natural gas and tested in the Munich area; it was designated as '''Class 760'''. It has since been scrapped.
[[File:20090212-Thessaloniki-A104.jpg|thumb|Y60 diesel locomotive A-104 of [[Hellenic Railways Organisation|OSE]] at Thessaloniki New Passenger Station, Greece.]]
Of the 942 locomotives originally supplied to the DB, many are still active. Those without radio control were gradually retired by early 2003; of the radio controlled locos around 400 were still working for the DB in 2004, several of which have ended up in private or industrial railways in Germany and elsewhere, as well as the state railways in [[Turkey]], the former [[Yugoslavia]] (e.g. the Croatian Railways HŽ series 2133) and [[Norway]] (17 engines as [[Norwegian State Railways|NSB]] Di 5). In 2008 over 70 were owned by German private and industrial lines, of which the majority were working in construction logistics and in local goods services.<ref name="Privatbahneinsatz">Vgl. Högemann, Stefan: V 60-West im Einsatz bei NE-Bahnen (mit Einsatzliste der Privatbahnen), in: [[Bahn-Report]], Heft 1/2009, S.28-29, ISSN 0178-4528</ref>

Locomotive number 362 362 is the first V 60, that has clocked up 50 years of services in the DB/DBAG - it entered service on 12 April 1957 and is currently (2008) the third oldest locomotive in DB AG service.

Identical or similar locos were and are also used by other state railways. As early as the 1960s they were delivered to places like [[Greece]] ([[Hellenic State Railways]], class A-101)<ref>{{cite book | author=Simms, W.F. | title=The railways of Greece | publisher=Wilfried F. Sims | year=1997 | isbn=0-9528881-1-4|pages=51}}</ref> or Turkey, or built under licence as in [[Belgium]]. Even [[Israel]] ran very similar engines.

The museum locomotive V 60 150 was burnt up in the great fire at the [[Nuremberg Transport Museum]]'s locomotive shed.

==Sources==
* Arno Bretschneider, Manfred Traube, ''Die Baureihe V 60. Das Arbeitstier der DB'', Eisenbahn-Kurier Verlag, Freiburg, 1997, {{ISBN|3-88255-804-0}}
* Horst J. Obermayer: ''Taschenbuch Deutsche Diesellokomotiven. Mit Kleinlokomotiven''. Franckh, Stuttgart 1972, {{ISBN|3-440-03932-3}}
* Rolf Löttgers: ''Bundesbahn-Rangierhobel''. Eisenbahn Magazin 9/2007, S. 60–62

==See also==
* [[List of Deutsche Bundesbahn locomotives and railbuses]]
* [[List of Deutsche Bahn AG locomotives and railbuses]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|DB Class V 60|DB Baureihe V 60}}
* [http://www.v60.de/ V 60] at v60.de {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/diesel/shunter/360/pix.html Images] at railfaneurope.net
* [http://www.rangierdiesel.de/index.php?nav=1404645 V 60] at rangierdiesel.de {{in lang|de}}
* [https://www.eisenbahnfreunde-berlin.net/en/db-class-v-60/ DB Class V 60] - The shunting locomotive of the DB

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