- Kriegslokomotive
Kriegslokomotiven were German 'war locomotives', produced in large numbers during the
Second World War , whose construction was tailored to the economic circumstances of wartimeGermany , such as shortages of materials, goods transportation (in support of military logistics), ease of maintenance under difficult conditions, resistance to extreme weather, limited life and rapid, cheap, mass production. In order to meet these requirements, economic drawbacks such as relatively high fuel consumption had to be reckoned with.Construction
The "Kriegslokomotiven" were kept as technically simple as possible and the use of imported materials (particularly copper) was generally avoided. For example, German electric locomotives were given aluminium windings in the
traction motors andtransformer s, and the steam engines had steel fireboxes, hence the name "Heimstofflok" or 'home-grown loco'.The manufacture of electric locos as "Kriegslokomotiven" has to be seen as a special case, because they could only be used in the core network where there was the working infrastructure able to supply the current: power stations, overhead transmission lines, electricity substations and catenary. As a rule, locomotives were preferred that were dependent on additional infrastructure as little as possible.
Classes
The following classes of Kriegslokomotive were procured by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn and other customers (industrial and military railways) during the Second World War:* Class 52 (wartime steam locomotive [KDL 1] )
* Class 53 (wartime steam locomotive [KDL 2] ) not completed.
* Class 42 (wartime steam locomotive [KDL 3] )
* HF 160 D (wartime steam locomotive 11 [KDL 11] )
* HF 70 C (wartime steam locomotive 12 [KDL 12] )
* Henschel "Riesa" type construction locomotive, austere version, (wartime steam locomotive 13 [KDL 13] )
* WR 360 C 14 (Kriegsmotorlokomotive 1 [KML 1] )
* Köf II (wartime diesel locomotive 2 [KML 2] )
* HF 130 C (wartime diesel locomotive 3 [KML 3] )
* HF 50 B (wartime diesel locomotive 4 [KML 4] )
* O&K MD 2 (wartime diesel locomotive 5 [KML 5] )
* Twin-axled pit locomotives (wartime diesel locomotives 6 and 7 [KML 6, KML 7] )
* Class E 44 (wartime electric locomotive 1 [KEL 1] )
* Class E 94 (wartime electric locomotive 2 [KEL 2] )Literature
*Alfred B. Gottwaldt: "Deutsche Kriegslokomotiven 1939 - 1945", Transpress, ISBN 3-344-71032-X
*Alfred B. Gottwaldt: "Deutsche Eisenbahnen im Zweiten Weltkrieg" / "Rüstung, Krieg und Eisenbahn (1939 - 1945)", Kosmos, ISBN 3-440-05161-7ee also
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Übergangskriegslokomotive - transitional war locomotivesExternal links
* [http://www.malletlok.de/ge/ge_d/br53.htm Eine Zusammenstellung über das Projekt Baureihe 53]
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