DR Class 119

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DR Class 119 DBAG Class 219
219 092 (ex 119 092) at Rottenbach (Thüringen) on a train of logs, May 1993.
Type and origin Builder "23 August" Bucharest Locomotive Works Build date 1976–1985 Total produced 200
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC C′C′  • Commonwealth C-C Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Wheel diameter 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Engine 14,510 mm (47 ft 7+1⁄4 in)  • Bogie 1,800 mm (5 ft 10+7⁄8 in) Pivot centres 10,910 mm (35 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Length: ​  • Over buffers 19,500 mm (63 ft 11+3⁄4 in) Width 3,130 mm (10 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Height 4,250 mm (13 ft 11+3⁄8 in) Axle load 16 t Service weight 99 t / 101 t Fuel capacity 4,000 litres (880 imp gal; 1,100 US gal) Prime mover DB M 820 SR or JMW 12KVD21-AL4 or JMW 12KVD21-AL5 Transmission hydrodynamic Train heating Electric Loco brake Compressed air KNORR & DAKO driver's and auxiliary brake valves
Performance figures Maximum speed 120 or 140 km/h (75 or 87 mph) Power output 990 kW (1,350 PS; 1,330 hp) / 1,100 kW (1,500 PS; 1,480 hp) / 1,380 kW (1,880 PS; 1,850 hp) / 1,500 kW (2,040 PS; 2,010 hp) (×2) Tractive effort: ​  • Starting 220 kN (49,000 lbf) / 270 kN (61,000 lbf)
Career Numbers DR: 119 001 – 119 200 DR/DB: 219 003 – 219 200 DB: 229 ... Retired by 2006

The DR Class 119 was an East German Deutsche Reichsbahn diesel locomotive that was built in Romania, more or less as Design by committee of several communist countries. When the Deutsche Bahn AG formed up in 1993 it was redesignated as DB Class 219.

They were nicknamed "U-boats", "Karpatenschreck" ("Carpathian Terror") or "Ceaușescus Rache" ("Ceaușescu's revenge"), due to the numerous technical problems the engines suffered before redesign.^{[citation needed]}