Deutsche Bundesbahn Class 212 is a center-cab diesel-hydraulic capable of a variety of roles. DB used it in passenger, freight, work train and switching roles as recently as the early 2000s.

Here, a Class 212 is serving as the station switcher at Altona Bahnhof in Hamburg, Germany. It had just coupled onto a coach and a Class 218 locomotive set out off an inbound train.

Photographed by Thomas McCann, July, 1976.
Added to the photo archive by Thomas McCann, June 2, 2010.
Railroad: Deutsche Bahn.

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