The Saxon Class III were early, four-coupled, tender locomotives operated by the
Royal Saxon State Railways for express services. The
Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped these engines in 1925 into their DRG Class 34.76.
History
The Saxon III was built in 1871 and 1872 by the
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(66 examples) and the
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (21 examples). Fourteen of the Esslingen engines were subsequently given a Nowotny-Klien bogie instead of the original fixed leading wheels and were then reclassified as the
IIIb.
The
Reichsbahn only took over one of the unmodified engines - no. 274 ''BRÜNN'' and number her as locomotive 34 7611.
See also
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Royal Saxon State Railways
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List of Saxon locomotives and railbuses
This list contains the locomotives and railbuses of the Royal Saxon State Railways (''Königlich Saxon Staatseisenbahnen'') and the locomotives of the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company.
Leipzig-Dresden Railway
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Esslingen locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1871
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