List of Baden locomotives and railbuses

This list contains an overview of the locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway ("Großherzogliche Baden Staatsbahn"), the national railway of the Grand Duchy of Baden, a sovereign state within the German Empire until 1920.

Classification Scheme

Locomotives in the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway were organised into classes and were given a railway number as well as names. Their names were derived from the animal kingdom, geographical features (rivers, mountains and towns) as well as people. Because the selection of names became increasingly difficult as more and more vehicles were procured, in 1868 the allocation of names was dropped from locomotive number 218 onwards. In 1882, all name plates were removed.

Railway numbers were issued in sequence. When locomotives were retired, their numbers were allocated to the next locomotives to be delivered. Up to 1882 the name was also adopted. In 1872 an attempt was made to organise the sequence of numbers within locomotive classes. The numbers were swapped around, but locomotives retained the same name. Because there were limits to the practicality of this, it was given up again five years later.

From the 1880s the state railway tried again to organise the railway numbers. Initially shunting locomotives began to be allocated numbers starting at 500. As this threshhold was soon reached by the normal vehicle fleet, locomotives were given numbers in the 600s and later in the 1000s.

Unlike other railways, class designations were included from the start. For each new design, a new class number was issued. As a result classes I to XIV had emerged by 1868.

In 1868 a new system was introduced. This entailed engines with the same features or requirements being grouped together.

Passenger and Express Train Locomotives

Narrow gauge locomotives

Literature

* Wolfgang Valtin: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 1 – Nummerierungssysteme", 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
* Hermann Lohr, Georg Thielmann: "Lokomotiv-Archiv Baden", transpress, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00210-4
* Albert Mühl: "Die Großherzoglich Badischen Staatseisenbahnen", Franckh, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-440-04933-7

See also

*Grand Duchy of Baden
*Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway
*UIC classification

External links

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