The ÖBB 2070 is a class of 90 shunting and light multipurpose four axle B'B' Diesel-hydraulic locomotive built for the Austrian Federal Railways by Vossloh at the MaK locomotive plant in Kiel, Germany.
[3] Along with the ÖBB Class 2068 built by Jenbacher in the 1990s they were intended to replace old shunting machines on the railway.
ÖBB's locomotives have air conditioned cabs and can be operated in multiple.
Remote control operation as well as automatic shunting couplings are also a standard feature of the ÖBB locomotives.
[2] 6 locomotives were produced and leased by Vossloh to other companies; primarily industrial clients including BASF, BP, Chemion Logistik GmbH (formerly part of Bayer), Ruhr Oel and Thyssen Krupp,[5][6][7][8][9][10] two of the locomotives were eventually sold to Lenzing AG in 2005 and 2008.