| DC Analog Basic Plus | DC Digital Extra | AC Digital Extra | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driving function | + | + | + |
| Light change (white/red) | + | + | + |
| Tail lights separately switchable | + 3) | + | + |
| Driver cabin lighting | + 4) | + | + |
| Shunting lights | + 1) | + | + |
| Light setting programmable for analogue operation | + | + | |
| Digital interface | PluX22 | PluX22 | PluX22 |
| Decoder | + | + | |
| Sound | + | + | |
| Energy Storage | +2) | +2) | |
| Digital coupling (NEM-standard close coupling) | + | + | |
| Locomotive Card | + | ||
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1) Function only available in digital mode
2) Storage capacitor for interruption-free travel in sections without current or on soiled tracks
3) Tail light can be switched off in analog mode via switch (on the blind plug); digitally switchable with decoder
4) Manually switchable via switch for analog operation; digitally switchable with decoder
The great demand for manoeuvring locomotives combined with the commencing structural changes led the German Federal Railway to develop the V60 range. Over the next eight years, the first prototype from in 1955 was followed by 941 more locomotives. Their reliability and robustness helped the last newly developed rod diesel locomotive of Deutsche Bahn to achieve a real cult status and made them indispensable at many railway stations or in the field of freight services, even to this present da
