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Italian Diesel Hydraulic

Discussion in 'Diesel & Electric Traction' started by neildimmer, Jun 14, 2013.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Evening All

    I have been given a photo taken in Italy in May of this year of a former German Railways Diesel Hydraulic loco, was this class of loco what our Warships were based on?

    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/WorldSteam-1/Italian-Locomotives/Italian-Engineers/29985293_NCQqpF#!i=2575077594&k=5rNSJRf

    I have found through net searches that 13 of these locos are in use in Italy with private operators, can anyone help me with this particular loco please

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    Neil
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/
     
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    Misidentification, this a Belgian class 62 diesel. The Belgians sold several main line diesels, shunters and even EMUs to the Italians.

    AFAIK the German DH loco type you are thinking of is a V200.
     
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    I can't help wondering if the styling and livery of the V200 was itself inspired by the original VW Transporter van, which predates the V200 by a few years!
     
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    It was my mistaken identity:oops:
    these are the German locos I was thinking of
    http://tinyurl.com/lbule9m

    Neil
     
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