Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of

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s. The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as ''Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff'' in

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History

The factory was founded on 3 October 1852 as ''Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff'' in

Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff (5 June 1825 - 7 March 1892) was a German industrialist and founder of the Berliner Maschinenbau (BMAG) mechanical engineering company, chiefly known as manufacturer of steam locomotives. Life Louis Schwartzk ...

. After a fire in 1860 and the expansion of the factory, they started to manufacture turntables, water systems and turnouts for several railway companies. The first locomotive built by the firm was delivered on 1 February 1867 to the

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(''Niederschlesisch-Märkische Eisenbahn'' or NME). On 1 July 1870 the firm was turned into a share company and renamed the ''Berliner Maschinenbau-Actien-Gesellschaft vormals L. Schwartzkopff, Berlin''. In 1897 a second factory was opened in

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. From 1899 the company also manufactured Linotype machines for the Mergenthaler factory in Berlin. On 4 July 1907 they started a joint venture with the Munich firm of Maffei. For that purpose the ''Maffei-Schwartzkopff-Werke GmbH'' was opened next to the existing factory in Wildau. It was here that the construction of

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s and their equipment began in 1910. In 1924

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s followed. In 1932 the Maffei-Schwartzkopff-Werke went bankrupt. In 1945, following the destruction of the factory halls during the

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and the dismantling of other parts of the factory in Berlin and

, the construction of locomotiven by the Berliner Maschinenbau finally ended. On 20 September 1945 the production of cast iron components, linotype machines and glass-blowing machines started up in the remaining parts of the factory. In 1961 the tractor firm of ''Moorburger Treckerwerke'' was bought and its production changed. In 1966 the Berliner Maschinenbau was merged into the ''DIAG'', the ''Deutsche(n) Industrieanlagen Gesellschaft mbH''.

Locomotive programme

The Berliner Maschinenbau was involved in the construction of the following locomotives: *

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"Bahagia" *

Prussian P 4 The Prussian P 4 was a derivative of the P 4.1 (Hanover variant) and the second superheated steam locomotive in the world. Design The engine was based on that of the Class P 4.1 that had Hanomag had produced in large numbers si ...

Prussian P 6 The Prussian Class P 6s were passenger locomotives operated by the Prussian state railways with a leading axle and three coupled axles. The P 6 was conceived as a so-called universal locomotive. The first vehicle was manufactured in 1902 at Düss ...

* Prussian P 8 * Prussian S 3 * Prussian S 10 *

Prussian T 16 The Prussian T16 locomotives were ten-coupled superheated freight tank locomotives of the Prussian State Railways. They were later renumbered in the 94.2–4 by Deutsche Reichsbahn History The development of the T16 locomotives was influenced by ...

* DRG Class 01 * DRG Class 01.10 (including its design) *

DRG Class 03 The Class 03 steam engines were standard express train locomotives ('' Einheitslokomotiven'') in service with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. History The Class 03 engines were built between 1930 and 1938 as express train locomotives for ro ...

DRG Class 41 The German Class 41 steam locomotives were standard goods train engines ('' Einheitslokomotiven'') operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRB) and built from 1937 to 1941. History In the search for a new, fast, goods train locomotive, the Deu ...

(including its design) *

DRG Class 43 The German locomotives of DRG Class 43 were standard (see ''Einheitsdampflokomotive'') goods train engines with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. History This was the second class that was built on the '' Einheitslok'' principle. According to the first ...

DRG Class 52 The Deutsche Reichsbahn's Class 52Wartime locomotives classes are prefixed DRB (Deutsche Reichsbahn) to distinguish them from those introduced by the DRG (prefixed DRG), which became defunct in 1937, and those introduced later by the East German D ...

* DRG Class 71 *

DRG Class 84 The German DRG Class 84s were standard (see ''Einheitsdampflokomotive'') goods train tank locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. A total of twelve engines were placed into service by the Reichsbahn between 1935 and 1937. The machines were given ...

(including its design) * DRG Class 89.0 * DRG Class 99.22 * DRG Class E 77 * DRG Class E 75 * Wehrmachtslokomotive WR 200 B 14 * Wehrmachtslokomotive WR 360 C 14 * Wehrmachtslokomotive WR 550 D 14 * JDŽ Class 398 (also known as JDŽ/JŽ Class 05)

References

{{Authority control Manufacturing companies based in Berlin Engineering companies of Germany Defunct locomotive manufacturers of Germany German companies established in 1852 1852 establishments in Prussia 1966 disestablishments in Germany