Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C

The Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C industrial and works locomotive was built between 1954 and 1966 by Krauss-Maffei.

Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C
Number(s)	DB V 50 001 – 002
Quantity	56
Manufacturer	Krauss-Maffei
Year(s) of manufacture	1954–1966
Axle arrangement	C
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length over buffers	8.400 m (27 ft 6.7 in)
Height	4.190 m (13 ft 8.96 in)
Width	3.100 m (10 ft 2.05 in)
Overall wheelbase	3.000 m (118.11 in)
Service weight	48–54 t (47–53 long tons; 53–60 short tons)
Axle load	16–18 t (16–18 long tons; 18–20 short tons)
Top speed	29 km/h (18 mph) / 58 km/h (36 mph)
Installed power	368 kW (500 PS)
Driving wheel diameter	1,100 m (43,307.09 in)
Motor make/model	MB 836 Bb
Motor type	4 stroke, 6 cylinder in-line engine with Diesel exhaust driven supercharger (Supercharger)
Nominal rpm	1,500 rpm
Power transmission	Hydraulic
Tank capacity	1,300 L (290 imp gal; 340 US gal)
Locomotive brakes	Compressed air

When the Wilhelmsburg Industrial Railway (Wilhelmsburger Industriebahn) was taken in 1962 two units ended up in the Deutsche Bundesbahn fleet and were incorporated in it as DB Class V 50. Because there were sufficient Class V 60 locomotives available at that time, the two 'loners' were sold in 1964.

No. V 50 001 joined the Verden-Walsrode Railway Company, which re-sold it in 1983 to the track construction firm of NEWAG. In 1995 it was bought by the Scheufelen Oberlenningen paper factory. In 2003 the Württemberg Private Railway Museum at Nürtingen (WPN) took over the former works engine. It is now stationed at Neuffen and is operated by the Railway Vehicle Preservation Company (Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung von Schienenfahrzeugen) or GES.