 The last V 200 went out of service with the DB in 1984.In 1977 two V 200.0 locomotives were sold to the Heitkamp organisation which had been contracted by the Saudi Arabian Government to carry out repairs and maintenance to a 565 km standard gauge railway line between Dharan and Riyadh.In 1978 a further three V 200s were sold to Heitkamp and shipped to Saudi Arabia.