List of preserved steam locomotives in Germany

This list of preserved steam locomotives in Germany makes no claim to being complete. Furthermore, it should be noted that, whilst there are many surviving examples of several locomotive classes, some are in a very poor condition. Thus the list includes partly dismantled or badly corroded locomotives, the technical condition of which cannot really be accurately conveyed in their descriptions.

In many cases the names of organisations, societies and museums have been translated in line with Wikipedia practice. However where they have a standard abbreviation in German, this has been retained. For example the German Railway History Company ("Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte") is abbreviated to "DGEG", its normal (German) abbreviation. In either case the link leads to the English Wikipedia article where both English and German names are given. In addition the following common German abbreviations should be noted:

* AW = "Ausbesserungswerk" = repair shop
* BW = "Bahnbetriebswerk" = locomotive depot
* EM = "Eisenbahnmuseum" = railway museum
* RAW = "Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk" = Reichsbahn repair shop

Special locomotives

Replicas of historic engines, that cannot be grouped into a specific class.

Class 01.10

The Class 01.10 were standard express train locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The Class 01.10 was an evolutionary development of Class 01 with 3 cylinders and streamlining. On the introduction of computerised (EDP) numbers, the coal-fired locomotives were renumbered to the 011 series and the oil-fired versions to 012.

Class 05

Class 05 locomotives were standard express train locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn with full streamlining. Three engines were built, number 05 002 achieved a world speed record for rail vehicles at over 200 km/h.

Class 17

The Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped 2 very similar state railway express locomotive classes into DRG Class 17.0-1: nos. 17 001 - 17 135 (the Prussian S 10) and nos. 17 141 - 17 143 (the LBE S 10)

Class 18.6 (DB)

In the 1950s the Deutsche Bundesbahn carried out a modernisation of much of its locomotive fleet. This included the conversion of 30 examples of Class 18.5 by the firms of Krauss-Maffei and Henschel. This involved the Reichsbahn locomotives procured roughly between 1927 and 1930 of Bavarian S 3/6 series l to o, that were reclassified into DB Class 18.6.

Class 22

The Class 22 were passenger train locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, that were converted from former 39.0-2 engines between 1958 and 1962, as part of the reconstruction programme and were renumbered in 1970 under the new computer-generated numbering scheme back to Class 39.10. Several Class 22 boilers were also reused for Class 03.10 locomotives.

Class 24

The locomotives of the Class 24 were standard passenger train locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Class 39

The Deutsche Reichsbahn arranged the tender-equipped passenger train locomotives of the Prussian state railways Class P 10 into DRG Class 39 .

Class 43

The Class 43 was the second Reichsbahn locomotive class to be built on standard locomotive ("Einheitslok") principles. These two-cylinder locomotives were delivered by Henschel and Schwartzkopff. Several DB Class 44 locomotives were also given computer numbers beginning with 043, but were not part of DRG Class 43.

Class 50

The Deutsche Reichsbahn built more Class 50 standard, goods train locomotives than any other class of engine. A total of 3,164 were built between 1939 and 1948.

Class 50.50

Between 1966 and 1971, 72 Class 50.35 engines were given oil-firing by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany. To distinguish them they were grouped into a new class, Class 50.50. On the introduction of the EDP numbers in 1970 they were given running numbers 50 0001 - 50 0072.

Class 52.90

In the early 1950s, 25 DRB Class 52 locomotives were converted to "Wendler" brown coal firing at RAW Stendal. On the introduction of the computerised numbers they were grouped into sub-class 52.90.

Class 55.25-58

The Class 55.25-58 were the former Prussian G 8.1 locomotives built between 1913 and 1921, a stronger and heavier evolutionary development of the Prussian G 8, that was initially classed as a "strengthened standard class".

Class 58

The DRG's Class 58 includes various ex-state railway, goods train, tender locomotives with an axle arrangement of 1'E (Decapod). Because they were used by almost all the Länderbahn railway administrations (except Bavaria), they are often described as the first German "Einheitslokomotiven" , despite oft-repeated comments to the contrary.

Class 58.2-3

The Baden G 12 of the Royal Württemberg State Railways was based on the Prussian G 12.1 and a goods train locomotive class with a 1'E axle arrangement built by Henschel for the Royal Ottoman General Division of Military Railways ("Kaiserlich Ottomanische Generaldirektion of the Militäreisenbahnen" or "C.F.O.A.").

Class 62

The 15 two-cylinder, superheated locomotives of DRG Class 62 were developed by the firm of Henschel as standard, passenger train, tank locomotives for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the 1920s.

Class 66

The DB Class 66 was planned by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for fast freight and passenger train services on main and branch lines. These "Neubaulokomotiven" were intended to replace "Länderbahn" passenger train tank locomotives like the Class 38.10, 78 and 93 and were the penultimate locomotive series built as part of the DB's "Neubau" programme of newly-designed engines.

Class 74.4-13

The Class T 12 was a passenger train tank locomotive produced for the Prussian state railways in large numbers. In 1925 the Reichsbahn took over 899 examples of this superheated derivative of the T 11 as Class 74.4-13 numbering them as 74 401 - 74 1300 with the exception of 74 544.

Class 75.10-11

The Baden VI c was an evolutionary development of the Baden VI b and was delivered by the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe from 1914 onwards to the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway. The Class 75.10-11 includes the heavier, frame-strengthened engines from the last two series.

Class 81

These Hanomag-built locomotives of Class 81 were standard goods train tank engines with the Deutsche Reichsbahn with a Dh2t axle formula.

Class 86

The DRG Class 86 was a standard, goods train, tank locomotive with the Deutsche Reichsbahn with a 1'D1' axle arrangement. It was built by almost every firm that supplied the Reichsbahn.

Class 89.8

The R 3/3 of the Royal Bavarian State Railways were goods train tank engines with three coupled axles and no carrying axles.

Class 89.59-66

DRG Class 89.59-66 grouped together the former private railways engines.

Class 91

Several steam locomotives of the Prussian state railways' T 9 class were incorporated into DRG Class 91.

Class 93.5-12

The Prussian T 14.1s were goods train tank engines with a 1'D1' axle arrangement, which had a higher axle load on the rear carrying axle compared with the T14.

Class 94.19-21

The Saxon XI HT of the Royal Saxon State Railways were goods train tank engines. They were allocated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn to DRG Class 94.19-21.

Class 97

Rack railway steam locomotives were incorporated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn into Class 97.

Class 97.5

The Württemberg Hz were rack railway locomotives, that were developed by the Royal Württemberg State Railways, but not delivered until it had been merged into the Deutsche Reichsbahn, who reclassified them as Class 97.5 in their numbering plan.

Class 98.8

The locomotives of the Class Bavarian Class GtL 4/4 were superheated tank locomotives with the Royal Bavarian State Railways intended for the duties on "Lokalbahnen".

900 mm

900mm gauge track is only in use in Germany on the narrow gauge railways of "Bäderbahn Molli" and the "Borkumer Kleinbahn".

Locomotives with no class number

ELNA

"ELNA" stands for "Engerer Lokomotiv-Normen-Ausschuß" (Enger Locomotive Standards Committee). After the First World War it developed 6 locomotive classes for various duties because many branch line and private railways were forced to modernise their obsolete engine fleets.

1000 mm

1435 mm

610 mm

State railway locomotives of foreign origin.

600 mm

Industrial and field railways ("Feldbahnen") in Germany mostly run on 600 mm wide track.

Literature

* Bernhard Uhle (Hrsg.): "Kursbuch der deutsche Museums-Eisenbahnen 2007". Verlag Uhle & Kleimann, Lübbecke 2007. ISBN 3-928959-47-6

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