There is another modern item of ‘60s motive power. An Epoch III V75 has just arrived, the purchase was prompted by Wolfgang Popp’s thread, which I came across whilst browsing Der Wolf’s project lists. His work was always an inspiration and this is my rather amateurish attempt to honour his memory. ‘Grafenwalde’ is utterly unsuitable for a Hector, but that doesn’t matter.
The locomotives of the DR class V 75 (from 1970: class 107 ) were diesel-electric shunting locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, manufactured by ČKD Praha .
The locomotives were intended to replace the largely worn-out Class 80 steam shunting locomotives for shunting duties at Leipzig Central Station . However, since the Deutsche Reichsbahn was not yet able to procure its own locomotives in the mid- to late 1950s and in 1962, 20 locomotives were imported from Czechoslovakia , largely corresponding to the Czechoslovakian Class T 435.0 (today: Class 720) or the Soviet ČME2. The locomotives were primarily used for shunting at Leipzig stations. They were also used for weed control and construction trains, as well as for passenger trains during the warmer months.
The V75 is somewhat smaller and acceptable as a visitor to Grafenwalde.
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