La Deutsche Bundesbahn a partire dal 1962 ordinò una nuova serie di 50 locomotive, la V 200.1 (divenuta successivamente 221). ###>Following the electrification of many main lines the V 200 was used increasingly for commuter trains and freight trains, but the Hamburg-Westerland, Hamburg-Lübeck-Copenhagen and Munich-Lindau lines still saw the V 200 hauling express trains.