The Saxon Class III b were German steam locomotives built for the

Royal Saxon State Railways The Royal Saxon State Railways (german: Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen) were the state-owned railways operating in the Kingdom of Saxony from 1869 to 1918. From 1918 until their merger into the Deutsche Reichsbahn the title 'Royal' was d ...

(''Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen'') in the late 19th century as tender locomotives for express train duties. In 1925, the

Deutsche Reichsbahn 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 ...

incorporated the engines into DRG Class 34.77-78. Between 1873 and 1901, a total of 204 locomotives were delivered to the Royal Saxon State Railways by the firms of Hartmann,

Henschel Henschel & Son (german: Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicle ...

and Schwartzkopff. During the course of their manufacture there were continual modifications. Eighteen were built as compound engines. The Reichsbahn took over 91 machines and gave them the running numbers 34 7701, 34 7702,
34 7721–34 7808.

Rebuild of the Saxon Class III

Later, 14 engines of the Saxon Class III were equipped with ''Nowotny'' steerable axles and also classified as Saxon IIIb locomotives. Of fourteen such engines, only one entered the Deutsche Reichsbahn where it was given the running number 52 7001. The locomotives equipped with Saxon sä 3 T 7.5 und sä 3 T 9 tenders.

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Rebuild of the Saxon Class III

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