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Diesel–electric locomotives of Germany (11 P) Pages in category "Diesel locomotives of Germany" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Besides the DRG, the German Armed Forces had their own locomotive classes. A field railway locomotive belonging to the Army were known as a Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive or HF. Standard gauge engines for the Wehrmacht, mostly diesel switchers, were designated "Wehrmacht Standard Gauge Locomotive" (Wehrmachtslokomotive für Regelspur) or WR. [6]
Additional design changes gave the locomotives and their crew better protection against the cold. [1] Between 1942 and the end of the war in May 1945, over 6,300 Class 52 locomotives were built. Additional locomotives were built post-war, giving a class total of probably 6719 units, delivered by seventeen manufacturers.
The tables contain the steam locomotive classes listed in the DRG's final renumbering plan for state railway locomotives of 1925 and the classes built or rebuilt between 1925 and 1945. The locomotives taken over from private railways as well as the classes given to foreign machines immediately before and during the Second World War are covered ...
Pages in category "Diesel–electric locomotives of Germany" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
General German locomotive articles e.g. Kriegslok, DB classification scheme, List of Mecklenburg locomotives, etc. Sub-categories by railway company containing individual locomotive classes; The existing individual locomotives on this page are gradually being transferred to their respective railway company sub-categories.
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 of the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), originally issued on 1 January 1968, in preparation for the merger of the two German national railways that took place on 1 ...
This was how the locomotives were moved between yards or to depots for overhaul and repair. The top speed of 30 km/h (19 mph) made it impractical for the locomotives to power themselves over the mainline. The light diesel locomotives were the first German diesel engines that were built in batches by several manufacturers.