Talk:History of rail transport in Germany
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Truth is: a "K.P.E.V." has never existed, is only a fake created by railway modelling fans in the 1970ies in Germany. Only a few railways in Prussia have (1848 and 1871) originally been built by the state, i.e. with its money. The Preußische Staatseisenbahnen (see de.Wikipedia) resembled themselves merely of numerous smaller and larger railway enterprises which mostly since 1880 was bought by the Prussian state. Nevertheless they operated furthermore on their own and was only administrated by the Ministry of public performances ("Ministerium für öffentliche Arbeiten").
The "Preußische und Großherzoglich Hessische Staatseisenbahn" was later in 1897 confounded.
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