I’ve been fascinated by the West German V200 Diesel Locomotive since I was a child, because we have a cast-iron model of it in our family’s collection. The first V200 were ready in 1953, the 018 that is now in Berlin was completed in 1957 and had been in use until 1987 – and it didn’t arrive in the Museum until 1990. I was never able to see it when I was young, because my last visit was in 1989, so it was amazing to finally see it in 2017.

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This cute little red number is the DB VT95 ‘Schienenbus’, which was essentially a diesel bus on rails built for use on smaller railway lines in the early 1950s. Together with the similar VT98 they were still in use until the 1980s and a familiar sight even in my neighbourhood.

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The big birds are back in town!

One more powerful German steam locomotive in Berlin’s Museum of Technology: The BR 52 series was first made during the second world war, but was built until the early 1950s and in use all over Europe until the late 1970s.

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This bright red beast is the German E01, built in 1938 as one of the most powerful electric locomotives of its time. Only four of them were made and one of the two surviving is this one in Berlin’s Museum of Technology.

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