This article contains a list of locomotives and railbuses of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR ''(German Reich Railways)'' was the operating name of state owned railways in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), and after German reunification until 1 January 1994.
In 1949, occupied Germany's railw ...
(DR) according to the numbering system introduced by the DR on 1 July 1970.
Following the October 1990
reunification of Germany, the DR's locomotives and railbuses were incorporated (and renumbered) on 1 January 1992 into the
classification system Classification is a process related to categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated and understood.
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of the
West German
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
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Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway) was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remaine ...
'' (DB), originally issued on 1 January 1968, in preparation for the merger of the two German national railways that took place on 1 January 1994. This renumbering was also described as the 'locomotive classification of the
Deutsche Bahn' as a number of changes and additions to the DB's 1968 system were needed.
Classification before 1970: see also
DRG classification system.
Steam locomotives
In the DR numbering plan the following additional practices were common:
*xx.6xxx locomotives, that originated from former private railways.
From 1970 the following sub-classes for all steam locomotives were introduced, the locomotive number always being four digits long:
*xx.0 locomotives with oil-firing
*xx.1–8 locomotives with grate firing
*xx.9 locomotives with coal dust firing
Diesel locomotives and small locomotives
:
* The classification 199 was first introduced in 1973 .
Diesel railbuses
Electric locomotives
With the exception of the BR 251 all locomotives are designed for 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC.
Electric railcars
Accumulator cars
See also
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Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)
The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR ''(German Reich Railways)'' was the operating name of state owned railways in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), and after German reunification until 1 January 1994.
In 1949, occupied Germany's railw ...
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UIC classification
The UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements, sometimes known as the German classification''The Railway Data File''. Leicester: Silverdale, 2000. p. 52. . or German system,Kalla-Bishop P.M. & Greggio, Luciano, ''Steam Locomotives'', Cre ...
Literature
Franz Rittig, Manfred Weisbrod: ''Baureihe 232 – Die berühmte Ludmilla'' (= ''Eisenbahn Journal Extra.'' Ausgabe 2 / 2012). Verlagsgruppe Bahn, Fürstenfeldbruck 2012,
ISBN 978-3-89610-363-5.
Klaus-Jürgen Halle: Die Großdiesellokomotive V 180 – Das Erfolgsmodell aus
Babelsberg
Babelsberg () is the largest quarter ('' Stadtteil'') of Potsdam, the capital city of the German state of Brandenburg. The affluent neighbourhood named after a small hill on the Havel river is famous for Babelsberg Palace and Park, part of the Pala ...
. In: Die Deutsche Reichsbahn – 45 Jahre Eisenbahngeschichte in der DDR, Kapitel 5.2, Ausgabe 1 / 2012, Geramond-Verlag,
Gilching
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