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The Class 80
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were German standard locomotives ('' Einheitsloks'') with the
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. They were intended to replace the aging, rickety state railway line engines performing shunting duties in their dotage at large stations.


History

Between 1927 and 1928, 39 vehicles were produced, having been built in the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in
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, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple locomotive class, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down. After they had been on duty, prior to the
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, primarily in the area of
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(including the shunting of post vans) and
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, 22 units went into the DR in
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, post-1945, and 17 to the
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. They were in service with the DR until 1968. In the Federal Republic of Germany, the last Bundesbahn engine was taken out of service in 1965. Several examples survived in the
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until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the
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.


Preserved Locomotives

A total of seven locomotives of this class have been preserved: * 80 009 belongs to a private owner, Peter Haschke, and stands in his garden. * 80 013 ( Hagans factory no. 1227, 1927) is non-operational at the
German Steam Locomotive Museum The German Steam Locomotive Museum (''Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum'') or DDM is located at the foot of the famous ''Schiefe Ebene'' ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germ ...
in
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-Wirsberg. * 80 014 has been cosmetically restored and is in the
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,
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(''Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn''). * 80 023 has belonged to the
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since 1981. It is maintained by ''IG Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt'' in the Dresden-Altstadt shed. * 80 030, in photo-livery is in the Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum. * 80 036 of the Dutch Steam Locomotive Union
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is currently undergoing a major overhaul and will be back in service for heritage trips. * 80 039 is working and is used by the Hamm Museum Railway for specials.


See also

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List of DRG locomotives and railbuses The railway vehicle classes covered by this list of DRG locomotives and railbuses belonged to the ''Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft'' or DRG (1924–37) and its successor, the ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'' or DRB (post 1937). The DRG (lit. German Imp ...


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