A pair of colourful German shunter designs.

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WITH JUST A small DB logo on the nose declaring its ownership, former 290 Class diesel shunter, now reclassed as a 294 due to being fitted with remote control equipment, No. 294 079-9 (ex-290 079), reverses at Mainz-Bischofsheim, Germany, on April 29th, 2008. These classic MaK-built B-B machines are fitted with MTU MB 12V-652TZ power units developing 809kW (1,084hp).

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One of four former Deutsche Reichsbahn 202 Class diesel shunters now in operation with Germany private operator SC Rail Leasing Europe, recoded 203 Class machine No. 90 80 1203 136-7 D-RAR (also ex-Rent-a-Rail Eisenbahn-Service AG) sits atop of a rake of ballast hoppers at Hanau Hauptbahnhof on April 26th, 2008.