The DB Class V 65 locomotives (from 1968: Class 265) were German, eight-wheeled, rod-coupled diesel locomotives operated by

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(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 600 D 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 .

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 (''

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'') at

Puttgarden is a ferry harbour and a village on the German island of Fehmarn. It lies on an important route between Germany and Denmark known as the Vogelfluglinie which crosses the strait, the Fehmarnbelt, to Rødby on the island of Lolland. Overview ...

. The remainder were employed at

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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

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to the

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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.

External links

V65 bei www.loks-aus-kiel.de
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Description

Operations

Appearance in film

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