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Class districts (german: Gattungsbezirke) were a classification system for railway ''Deutsche Reichsbahn Güterwagen''
at web.hs-merseburg.de. Retrieved 19 Jun 2019 After the Deutsche Reichsbahn had been founded in 1920, in 1921 all goods wagons types with the same or similar roles were grouped into so-called class districts. These were named after cities that were the headquarters of a Reichsbahn division or, later, other cities too. Work on re-lettering and renaming the wagons began in 1922 and was largely completed by 1924. Legende: *S =
Class districts (german: Gattungsbezirke) were a classification system for railway goods wagon
Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: freight cars), also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. A variety of wagon type ...
s used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920–1945)
The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regiona ...
in Germany between the wars.at web.hs-merseburg.de. Retrieved 19 Jun 2019 After the Deutsche Reichsbahn had been founded in 1920, in 1921 all goods wagons types with the same or similar roles were grouped into so-called class districts. These were named after cities that were the headquarters of a Reichsbahn division or, later, other cities too. Work on re-lettering and renaming the wagons began in 1922 and was largely completed by 1924. Legende: *S =
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*V = ''Verbandsbauart
The German term ''Verbandsbauart'' describes both a type of goods wagon as well as a type of tram.
In order to standardise the goods wagons classes of the various German state railways (''Länderbahnen''), the German State Railway Wagon Associa ...
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*A = ''Austauschbauart
The so-called ''Austauschbauart'' wagons were German railway vehicles produced from the late 1920s onwards which had common components built to agreed standards.
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The German term ''Austauschbau'' ('interchangeable component ma ...
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*W = Welded
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See also
* Additional class districts from 1926 * Additional class districts from 1935 * Additional class districts from 1942References
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