List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses

This List covers the locomotives and railbuses of the Bavarian railways, excluding those of the Palatinate ("Pfalz"). The locomotives and railbuses of the Palatinate when it belonged to Bavaria are in the List of Palatine locomotives and railbuses.

Locomotives of the Bavarian Ludwigbahn ("Bayerische Ludwigsbahn")

"see": Bavarian Ludwigsbahn

Locomotives of the Munich-Augsburg Railway Company ("München-Augsburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft")

Goods Train Locomotives

Narrow Gauge Locomotives

Some of the Class ES 1 (E 16) and EG 5 (E 91) locomotives ordered with Bavarian class designations and locomotive numbers may have been supplied with DRG numbers.

Railbuses

Locomotives of the Bavarian Eastern Railway ("Bayerische Ostbahn")

The classification scheme of the Bavarian "Ostbahn" was different from that of the state railway. The locomotives were also divided into five groups that were given capital letters.

* A - Locomotives with one driven axle
* B - Locomotives with two coupled axles and a carrying axle
* C - Locomotives with three coupled axles
* D - Tank locomotives
* E - Locomotives with two coupled axles, but no carrying axle

The "Ostbahn" did not differentiate between the individual classes with a special class number. Instead of that locomotives were numbered sequentially within a group. After nationalisation, the former "Ostbahn" locomotives were initially operated under their old numbers. Not until 1892 were they redesignated in accordance with the classification system of the state railway.

The initial use of names was soon given up again.

Former "Ostbahn" locomotives were fitted with stronger tyres by the Royal Bavarian State Railways, so that in later years they had wheel diameters of up to 40 mm greater. Class C III (Ostbahn) und D IV (Ostbahn) locomotives were included in DRG's preliminary steam locomotive renumbering plan of 1923 under the numbers 53 7834–53 7868 and 88 7021–88 7026, but they did not appear in the final numbering plan.

Literature

* Wolfgang Valtin: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 1 - Numerierungssysteme", transpress, Berlin 1992 , ISBN 3-344-70739-6
* Wolfgang Valtin: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 2 - Dampflokomotiven und Dampftriebwagen", transpress, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-344-70740-x
* Wolfgang Valtin: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 3 - Elektro- und Dieselloks, Triebwagen", transpress, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-344-70741-8
* Heinz Schnabel: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen" transpress, Berlin 1992 ISBN 3-344-70717-5

See also

*History of rail transport in Germany
*Royal Bavarian State Railways
*Bavarian goods wagon classes
*UIC classification

External links

* [http://www.lokomotive-online.com/bayern.htm www.lokomotive-online.com/bayern.htm]
* There is an English-language discussion forum at [http://germanrail.8.forumer.com/ Railways of Germany]