Class 01 Class 01.0–2 The
Class 01 locomotives were the first production series
standard express train locomotives in the
Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were of the
4-6-2 or
Pacific type.
Class 01.5 The
Class 01.5 were reconstructed
DRG Class 01 express locomotives (
Rekoloks) reclassified by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn in
East Germany.
Class 01.10 The
Class 01.10 were standard
express train locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The Class 01.10 was an evolutionary development of Class 01 with 3 cylinders and streamlining. On the introduction of computerised (
EDP) numbers, the coal-fired locomotives were renumbered to the 011 series and the oil-fired versions to 012.
Class 03 The
Class 03 engines were built between 1930 and 1937 as express locomotives for routes that were only suitable for
axle loads up to 18 tonnes.
Class 03.0-2 The low weight of this locomotive, which was based on the
DRG Class 01, was achieved by using a light
bar frame, smaller
boiler and smaller
cylinders. From running number 03 123 the pumps were located in the middle of the vehicle and from number 03 163 the locomotives had larger
leading wheels. All locomotives had 2 cylinders.
Class 03.10 The
Class 03.10 was an evolutionary development of the
Class 03, comparable to the locomotives of
Class 01.10, which were derived from Class 01. Class 03.10 were three-cylinder locomotives equipped with full streamlining on delivering.
Class 05 Class 05 locomotives were
standard express train locomotives of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn with full streamlining. Three engines were built, number 05 002 achieved a world speed record for rail vehicles at over 200 km/h.
Class 10 The
Class 10 were
express locomotives and the last class of steam locomotives built by the
Deutsche Bundesbahn. They were intended to replace the Class 01 and 01.10s. Only 2 units were built.
Class 15 Before 1925, the
Class 15 engine was classified as S 2/6 with the
Royal Bavarian State Railways. This
4-4-4 locomotive was specially designed in 1906 as a one-off for express train testing.
Class 17 Class 17 was assigned to
4-6-0 Express passenger locomotives of the various
Länderbahnen (state railways)
Class 17.0 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped 2 very similar
state railway express locomotive classes into
DRG Class 17.0-1: nos. 17 001 – 17 135 (the
Prussian S 10) and nos. 17 141 – 17 143 (the
LBE S 10)
Class 17.10 Class 17.10 was assigned to the
Prussian S 101.
Class 18 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped those
express train, tender locomotives with an
axle arrangement of 2'C1' (Pacific), taken over from the
state railways, into
Class 18. In addition, locomotive number
18 201 is also included in this class. The remaining locomotives in the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) incorporated into Class 02 on the change-over to
computerised numbers.
Class 18.3 The class
IV h locomotives of the
Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (
Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 18.3) are express locomotives with an
axle arrangement of 2'C1' (Pacific).
Class 18.4–5 The
steam locomotives of
Bavarian class S 3/6,
DRG Class 18.4–5, were
express locomotives with the
axle arrangement 4-6-2 (Pacific).
Class 18.6 (DB) In the 1950s the Deutsche Bundesbahn carried out a modernisation of much of its locomotive fleet. This included the conversion of 30 examples of Class 18.5 by the firms of
Krauss-Maffei and
Henschel. This involved the Reichsbahn locomotives procured roughly between 1927 and 1930 of
Bavarian S 3/6 series l to o, that were reclassified into
DB Class 18.6.
18 201 Locomotive number
18 201 of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) emerged in 1961 at the
Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Meiningen as a conversion of the
Henschel-Wegmann train locomotive, number
61 002, the tender of
44 468 and parts of
H 45 024.
Class 19 The
DRG Class 19 were eight-coupled
express train tender locomotives with a 1′D1′
axle arrangement taken over from the
Royal Saxon State Railways.
Class 22 The
Class 22 were
passenger train locomotives with the
Deutsche Reichsbahn in
East Germany, that were converted from former
39.0-2 engines between 1958 and 1962, as part of the reconstruction programme and were renumbered in 1970 under the new
computer-generated numbering scheme back to Class 39.10. Several Class 22
boilers were also reused for Class 03.10 locomotives.
Class 23 The DRG had two examples of the
DRG Class 23 Einheitslokomotive built, but it was not until after the
Second World War that it went into series production with an improved design as the
DB Class 23 and
DR Class 23.10.
Class 23 DB Class 23.10 In the course of the changeover to
computerised numbers the
Class 23.10 became Class 35.10.
Class 24 The locomotives of the
Class 24 were standard
passenger train locomotives with the
Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Class 34 In
Class 34 of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn are grouped
state railway,
passenger train tender locomotives with an
axle arrangement of 1'B.
Class 34.742-744 Class
B IX of the
Royal Bavarian State Railways were the first express locomotives in
Bavaria.
Class 35 On the introduction of computerised numbering in 1970, the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) grouped all its
Class 23.10 steam engines into
Class 35, renumbering them accordingly..
Class 38 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped all the
passenger train tender locomotives with two leading
carrying axles and three
coupled axles taken over from the
state railways, into its
Class 38.
Class 38.2–3 The class 38.2–3 contained the
Saxon XII H2.
Class 38.10–40 The class 38.10–40 contained the
Prussian P 8.
Class 39 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn arranged the tender-equipped
passenger train locomotives of the
Prussian state railways Class P 10 into
DRG Class 39 .
Class 41 The
Class 41 were standard
goods train locomotives with the
Deutsche Reichsbahn. The computer numbers 042 were for DB locomotives of the
Class 41 with oil-firing, but not grouped with
Class 42.
Class 42 The
goods train locomotives of the
Class 42 built from 1943 onwards were the second, heavy class of so-called war locomotives (
Kriegslokomotiven) (
KDL 2), intended for duties on routes that were cleared for a higher
axle load. Further locomotives were built and sold by
LOFAG after the war.
Class 43 The
Class 43 was the second Reichsbahn locomotive class to be built on standard locomotive (
Einheitslok) principles. These two-cylinder locomotives were delivered by
Henschel and
Schwartzkopff. Several DB Class 44 locomotives were also given computer numbers beginning with 043, but were not part of DRG Class 43.
Class 44 The
Class 44 were standard goods train, steam locomotives with three
cylinder engines. Both the DB and the East German DR converted some of the engines to oil-firing, the DB ones being recognisable from their 043 computerised numbers. 20 DR locomotives were fitted with the
Wendler coal-dust firing system. Several DR locomotives were used as heating engines after being reconverted from oil to coal, but were not given 'coal numbers'; here the last known EDP running number is listed.
Class 45 The
Class 45 locomotives, built by the firm of
Henschel between 1936 and 1937, were the most powerful, standard
goods train locomotives in the
Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Class 50 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn built more
Class 50 standard,
goods train locomotives than any other class of engine. A total of 3,164 were built between 1939 and 1948.
Class 50.35 Between 1958 and 1962 the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) had 208 locomotives of
Class 50 fitted with newly designed
boilers with a mixer-preheater, larger evaporative heating areas and improved suction draught. They were given the designation
Class 50.35 and running numbers 50 3501 - 50 3708. Some time later, several locomotives of the series were also converted to oil-firing (BR 50.50) and renumbered to DR "50 00xx-x".
Class 50.40 The 88
goods train locomotives of
Class 50.40 of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) were a new design in parallel with the
DR Class 23.10 passenger train locomotives.
Class 50.50 Between 1966 and 1971, 72
Class 50.35 engines were given oil-firing by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany. To distinguish them they were grouped into a new class,
Class 50.50. On the introduction of the
EDP numbers in 1970 they were given running numbers 50 0001 - 50 0072.
Class 52 The
DRG Class 52 was the most numerous of the so-called
Kriegslokomotiven, with more than 6,700 locos being produced.
Class 52.80 The
DR Class 52.80 was a series (52 8001 - 52 8200) of
Rekoloks constructed from the Deutsche Reichsbahn’s fleet of
Class 52s in
East Germany. They were converted from the old stock in a similar manner to the
Class 50.35 around 1960 and fitted with more powerful
boilers.
Class 52.90 In the early 1950s, 25
DRB Class 52 locomotives were converted to
Wendler brown coal firing at RAW
Stendal. On the introduction of the computerised numbers they were grouped into sub-class
52.90.
Class 55 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped all ex-
state railway, eight-coupled,
goods train, tender locomotives with no
carrying wheels into their
Class 55.
Class 55.0-6 The
Prussian Class G 7.1 engines were built from 1893 by the firm of
Stettiner Maschinenbau AG Vulcan. They were equipped with the same boiler as that of the
Prussian G 5.
Class 55.16-22 Class 55.16-22 comprised the
Prussian G 8 locomotives built between 1902 and 1913 by various manufacturers. They were the first superheated,
goods train locomotives in
Prussia.
Class 55.25-58 The
Class 55.25-58 were the former
Prussian G 8.1 locomotives built between 1913 and 1921, a stronger and heavier evolutionary development of the
Prussian G 8, that was initially classed as a "strengthened standard class".
Class 56 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn incorporated the
state railway,
goods train, tender locomotives with one
leading axle and four
coupled axles into
Class 56.
Class 56.30 The
Prussian G 8.2 is a variant of the
Prussian G 8.3 with two
cylinders. The Reichsbahn gave running numbers 56 3001 - 56 3008 to those of the
Lübeck-Büchen Railway, which were also used on
passenger train duties.
Class 57 The
DRG Class 57 encompassed various ex-
state railway,
goods train, tender locomotives with E
axle arrangements.
Class 57.10-35 The Reichsbahn allocated running numbers 57 1001 - 57 3524 to the
Prussian T 16 and also the
G 10 which had evolved from the
Prussian P 8.
Class 58 The DRG's
Class 58 includes various ex-
state railway,
goods train, tender locomotives with an
axle arrangement of 1'E (Decapod). Because they were used by almost all the
Länderbahn railway administrations (except Bavaria), they are often described as the first German
Einheitslokomotiven, despite oft-repeated comments to the contrary.
Class 58.2-3 The
Baden G 12 of the
Royal Württemberg State Railways was based on the
Prussian G 12.1 and a goods train locomotive class with a 1'E
axle arrangement built by
Henschel for the Royal Ottoman General Division of Military Railways (
Kaiserlich Ottomanische Generaldirektion of the Militäreisenbahnen or
C.F.O.A.).
Class 58.10-21 The
Prussian G 12 was built for the
Prussian state railways and was based on the
Prussian G 12.1 and a goods train, locomotive with a 1'E
axle arrangement built by
Henschel for the Royal Ottoman General Division of Military Railways (
Kaiserlich Ottomanische Generaldirektion of the Militäreisenbahnen or
C.F.O.A.).
Class 58.30 Between 1956 and 1963, the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) had 56 Class 58 locomotives fitted with a new-design
boiler. These
Rekoloks were reclassified as
DR Class 58.30.
Class 62 The 15 two-
cylinder, superheated locomotives of
DRG Class 62 were developed by the firm of
Henschel as standard,
passenger train,
tank locomotives for the
Deutsche Reichsbahn in the 1920s.
Class 64 The
DRG Class 64 was a
standard, passenger train
tank locomotive with a load
axle load and a 1'C1'
axle arrangement, affectionately known as the
Bubikopf (German for the 1920s style 'bob' haircut).
Class 65 The
Class 65s were
passenger train,
tank locomotives with the
Deutsche Bundesbahn and
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany).
Class 65.10 Like the
DB Class 65, the
DR Class 65.10 were intended for commuter traffic on suburban railway lines. The Deutsche Reichsbahn bought a total of 88 engines of this class.
Class 66 The
DB Class 66 was planned by the
Deutsche Bundesbahn for fast freight and passenger train services on main and branch lines. These
Neubaulokomotiven were intended to replace
Länderbahn passenger train tank locomotives like the
Class 38.10,
78 and
93 and were the penultimate locomotive series built as part of the DB's
Neubau programme of newly designed engines.
Class 70 The DRG's
Class 70 incorporated all
passenger train,
tank locomotives with a 1B
axle arrangement:
Class 70.0 These two-
cylinder, superheated
Bavarian Pt 2/3 engines were manufactured by
Krauss for the
Royal Bavarian State Railways between 1909 and 1915 and allocated to
DRG Class 70.0.
Class 74 The DRG's
Class 74 incorporated the
Prussian T 11,
Prussian T 12 and
T 10 passenger train tank locomotives of the
LBE with a 1'C
axle arrangement.
Class 74.0-3 The Class
T 11 was a passenger train,
tank locomotive built for the
Prussian state railways Class 74.4-13 The Class
T 12 was a passenger train
tank locomotive produced for the
Prussian state railways in large numbers. In 1925 the
Reichsbahn took over 899 examples of this
superheated derivative of the
T 11 as
Class 74.4-13 numbering them as 74 401 - 74 1300 with the exception of 74 544.
Class 75 The DRG
Class 75 swept up ex-
state railway,
passenger train,
tank locomotives with an
axle arrangement of 1'C1'. They were divided into sub-classes: 75.0 for the
Württemberg T 5, 75.1-3 for the
Baden VI b, 75.4,10-11 for the
Baden VI c, 75.5 for the
Saxon XIV HT and 75.6 for
BLE Nos. 45 - 49,
ELE Nos. 11 - 14 and other private railway locomotives taken over by the Reichsbahn.
Class 75.5 In 1925 the
Deutsche Reichsbahn arranged the six-coupled
Saxon XIV HT tank locomotives from the
Royal Saxon State Railways into
Class 75.5.
Class 75.6 In
Class 75.6 were
BLE Nos. 45 - 49,
ELE Nos. 11 - 14 and other private railway locomotives taken over by the Reichsbahn.
Class 75.10-11 The
Baden VI c was an evolutionary development of the
Baden VI b and was delivered by the
Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe from 1914 onwards to the
Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway. The
Class 75.10-11 includes the heavier, frame-strengthened engines from the last two series.
Class 78 Class 78 are DB and DR
tank locomotives with an
axle arrangement of 2'C2'.
Class 78.0-5 Class 78.0-5 incorporates the former
Prussian and Württemberg T 18 locomotives.
Class 80 The 39
tank engines of
DRG Class 80 emerged between 1927 and 1928 as
standard,
shunting locomotives for the
Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were built in the locomotive works of
Jung in Jungenthal,
Union in
Königsberg,
Wolf and
Hohenzollern.
Class 81 These
Hanomag-built
locomotives of
Class 81 were
standard goods train tank engines with the
Deutsche Reichsbahn with a Dh2t
axle formula.
Class 82 The
DB Class 82 was a so-called
Neubaudampflokomotive built by the
Deutsche Bundesbahn for
shunting and freight services. It was a
tank engine with the
axle formula E, built in 1950 and 1951 by the firms of
Krupp and
Henschel, and in 1955 by the
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen.
Class 85 The
DRG Class 85 was a
goods train tank engine and
Einheitslokomotive built for the
Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Class 86 The
DRG Class 86 was a
standard, goods train,
tank locomotive with the
Deutsche Reichsbahn with a 1'D1'
axle arrangement. It was built by almost every firm that supplied the Reichsbahn.
Class 89 The
DRG Class 89 was for
tank locomotives with a C
axle arrangement.
Class 89.0 The
Class 89.0 was the smallest
Einheitslokomotive in the
Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Class 89.3-4 The
Württemberg T 3 of the
Royal Württemberg State Railways were
goods train tank engines with three
coupled axles and no
carrying axles.
Class 89.8 The
R 3/3 of the
Royal Bavarian State Railways were
goods train tank engines with three
coupled axles and no
carrying axles.
Class 89.9 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn arranged former private railway vehicles into
Class 89.9.
Class 89.10 DRG Class 89.10 were former
Prussian T 8. steam locomotives.
Class 89.59-66 DRG Class 89.59-66 grouped together the former private railways engines.
Class 89.70-75 The
Prussian T 3 locomotives of the
Prussian state railways were six-coupled,
tank locomotives with no
carrying wheels. The
Deutsche Reichsbahn took over 511 of them in 1925 as
DRG Class 89.70-75.
Class 90 The
Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped several variants of the
T 9 steam locomotives from the
Prussian state railways as
Class 90.
Class 90.1 The
Prussian state railways'
T 9.1 engines were goods train
tank locomotives with an
axle arrangement of C1'.
Class 91 Several
steam locomotives of the
Prussian state railways'
T 9 class were incorporated into
DRG Class 91.
Class 92 DRG Class 92 includes various
passenger train tank locomotives with the
axle formula D.
Class 92.5-10 The
Prussian T 13 was built by several manufacturers for the
Prussian state railways,
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine and
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways. They were mainly employed on
shunting duties.
Class 93 DRG Class 93 incorporated
tank locomotives with an
axle arrangement of 1'D1'.
Class 93.0-4 The
Prussian state railways'
T 14 were
goods train tank engines.
Class 93.5-12 The
Prussian T 14.1s were
goods train tank engines with a 1'D1'
axle arrangement, which had a higher
axle load on the rear
carrying axle compared with the
T14.
Class 94 Tank locomotives with an E
axle arrangement were grouped by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn into
Class 94.
Class 94.2-4 DRG Class 94.2-4 comprised the
T16 of the
Prussian state railways, a
goods train tank engine with an
axle arrangement of E.
Class 94.5-17 The
T16.1 engines of the
Prussian state railways were
goods train tank engines. They were incorporated by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn into
DRG Class 94.5-17 .
Class 94.19-21 The
Saxon XI HT of the
Royal Saxon State Railways were
goods train tank engines. They were allocated by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn to
DRG Class 94.19-21.
Class 95 Class 95 incorporates
tank locomotives of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn and its successor administrations that have an
axle arrangement of 1'E 1'.
Class 95.0 The
Class 95.0 was a ten-coupled
tank locomotive with an
axle arrangement of 1'E1'. It was procured by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1922 for heavy goods train duties on steep main line routes. Because the development of this class was begun by the
Prussian state railways, it was designated as the "T 20".
Class 95.66 The
Class 95.66 was a ten-coupled
tank locomotive with an
axle arrangement of 1'E1', which the
Halberstadt-Blankenburger Eisenbahn procured in 1920 for duties on steep routes as a replacement for
rack railway locomotives. The series, comprising 4 locomotives, was the technical precursor of the
Prussian T 20, later DRG Class 95.0.
Class 97 Rack railway steam locomotives were incorporated by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn into
Class 97.
Class 97.5 The
Württemberg Hz were
rack railway locomotives, that were developed by the
Royal Württemberg State Railways, but not delivered until it had been merged into the
Deutsche Reichsbahn, who reclassified them as
Class 97.5 in their
numbering plan.
Class 98 Class 98 groups all branch line and other remaining locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Class 98.3 The locomotives of the
Bavarian Class PtL 2/2 with the
Royal Bavarian State Railways were light and very compact
superheated locomotives for operations on
Lokalbahnen. There were three series, of which two were classified as
Class 98.3 in the
Deutsche Reichsbahn and even survived into the
Deutsche Bundesbahn era.
Class 98.7 The
Bavarian BB II were saturated,
steam locomotives with the
Royal Bavarian State Railways. They were
Mallet locomotives.
Class 98.8 The locomotives of the Class
Bavarian Class GtL 4/4 were
superheated tank locomotives with the
Royal Bavarian State Railways intended for the duties on
Lokalbahnen.
Class 98.70 The
Saxon Class VII T engines of the
Royal Saxon State Railways were all four-coupled
tank locomotives with no
carrying wheels. To distinguish the manufacturer a preceding letter was added to the locomotive class, so
H VII T meant locomotives built by
Hartmann Class 99 The
DRG Class 99 were steam locomotives for
narrow gauge routes and were grouped according to their
rail gauge.
1000 mm '''''' is the most widely used
gauge on
narrow gauge railways and
tramways in Germany.
900 mm 900mm
gauge track is only in use in Germany on the
narrow gauge railways of
Bäderbahn Molli and the
Borkumer Kleinbahn.
750 mm 600 mm Industrial and field railways in Germany mostly ran on wide tracks. == Locomotives with no class number ==