V200 003 was built by Krauss Maffei in 1954. It was renumbered 220 003 in 1968 and was withdrawn from DB service on 11th November 1978, having been stopped on 16th August 1978 - Along with 220 002, making these the first of the prototypes to be withdrawn from service. As one of the prototype batch of V200's (V200 001 - V200 005 were completed three years before the first production examples) this locomotive was subject to intensive trials and service testing, the results of which were used to make design improvements to the production locomotives. The prototypes entered regular service in 1954. The prototype V200's are visually quite clean, without the air vents on the nose ends above the lights, as well as having a steam locomotive style whistle fitted on the dome of the nose just below the centre pillar of the windscreen. On the production locomotives air horns were fitted behind the right hand nose air intake cover.
After withdrawal, 220 003 spent a period in store at AW Nürnburg and was cut up at AW Trier by April 1982.
I have no picture of V200 003/220 003 - if you have one you would like to contribute, please mail me.