DR Class 119

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{{Infobox locomotive

| name = DR Class 119
DBAG Class 219

| bgcolor = A00

| color = FFF

| image = 17.05.93 Rottenbach 219.092 (6332347249).jpg

| alt =

| caption = 219 092 (ex 119 092) at Rottenbach (Thüringen) on a train of logs, May 1993.

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| designer =

| builder = "23 August" Bucharest Locomotive Works

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| builddate = 1976–1985

| totalproduction = 200

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| uicclass = C′C′

| Britishclass = C-C

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| gauge = {{track gauge|sg}}

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| wheeldiameter = {{convert|1000|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}

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| engine total = {{convert|14510|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}

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| bogie = {{convert|1800|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}

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| racksystem =

| pivotcentres = {{convert|10910|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}

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| body =

| over buffers = {{convert|19500|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|3130|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|4250|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}

| axleload = 16 t

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| serviceweight = 99 t / 101 t

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| fuelcap = {{convert|4,000|l}}

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| primemover = {{ubl|DB M 820 SR or|JMW 12KVD21-AL4 or|JMW 12KVD21-AL5}}

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| transmission = hydrodynamic

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| trainheating = Electric

| locobrakes = Compressed air KNORR & DAKO driver's and auxiliary brake valves

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| compressorcap =

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| maxspeed = {{convert|120|or|140|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}

| poweroutput = {{convert|990|kW|PS hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} / {{convert|1100|kW|PS hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} / {{convert|1380|kW|PS hp|abbr=on}} / {{convert|1500|kW|PS hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} (×2)

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| t/e starting = {{convert|220|kN|lbf|abbr=on}} / {{convert|270|kN|lbf|abbr=on}}

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| fleetnumbers = {{ubl|DR: 119 001 – 119 200|DR/DB: 219 003 – 219 200
DB: 229 ...}}

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| retiredate = by 2006

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File:BR 229 Gera 2002.jpg

File:DB_ex-DR_U-Boot_class_diesel,219_109-6,_Bahnbetriebswerk_Wismar_October_1994_-_Flickr_-_sludgegulper.jpg bull's-eye windows and often "submerged" in work shops, the 119 was nick-named "U-boat" ]]

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|date=October 2021}}