List of Prussian locomotives and railbuses

This list gives an overview of the locomotives and railcars that were in the Prussian state railways. Also included are the locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways (Grossherzoglich Hessischen Staatseisenbahnen) and the Prussian-Hessian Railway Company (Preussisch-Hessischen Eisenbahngemeinschaft).

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Locomotive classification

1883 classification system

Up to 1 April 1883 the Prussian state railways or acquired private railways designated their locomotives with names and/or numbers. From that date the following numbering scheme was introduced into all the railway divisions.

1 to 99 uncoupled locomotives
100 to 499 four-coupled passenger train locomotives
500 to 799 four-coupled goods train locomotives
800 to 1399 six-coupled goods train locomotives
1400 to 1699 four-coupled tank locomotives
1700 to 1899 six-coupled tank locomotives
1900 to 1999 special locomotives

This scheme applied to all state railway divisions and state-managed private railways. Locomotive numbering was organised according to the above system. However a locomotive could only be identified exactly by using the divisional name and running number in combination.

Because of the increasing numbers of locomotives being procured, the classification scheme and its range of numbers were no longer sufficient. However the numbering system was not immediately replaced. As a result, numbering chaos arose as individual divisions used spare numbers and unique designations for new locomotives.

1903 classification system

Due to the resulting confusion a new classification scheme was introduced in 1903. This was based on the systems used in the Cologne West Rhine (Coeln linksrheinisch), Elberfeld und Magdeburg railway divisions. This changeover took place between 1905 and 1908 within the divisions.

There were four main groups:

An additional number represented the power delivered by the engine and together specified its group. The higher the number the more powerful the locomotive. Engines with a medium power rating were given the number 3. Wet steam engines were given odd, and superheated steam locomotives even, numbers.

The individual locomotive groups were given a specific range of numbers, that often differentiated between two-cylinder (Zwillings-) and compound locomotives.

Because the group criteria allowed a certain degree of freedom, and because the myriad locomotives were often different, it was possible for the same type of locomotive to be placed in different groups in the different railway divisions.

From 1910 the divisions within the groups were further refined using indices. And as older locomotives were mustered out the groups became largely uniform. As a result from that time the group designation became simultaneously a class designation. In the margins of this measure, individual locomotive types were redesignated into other groups.

From 1914 the allocation of numbers began to be no longer consistent. This situation became worse after the end of the First World War as a result of the dissolution of the railway divisions as well as the disorganised way in which locomotives were entered into service.

Classification system for technical and engineering purposes

For technical and engineering purposes, the system introduced in 1883 was not practicable. In order to describe individual types of locomotive a second system was therefore brought in.

This scheme was based on a leading fraction for the running gear ratio, capital letters to specify the primary role and type of steam used, and additional abbreviations for special features.

  • H. - Heissdampf- = superheated
  • S. - Schnellzug- = express train
  • P. - Personenzug- = passenger train
  • G. - Güterzug- = goods train
  • T. - Tender- = tank
  • L. - Lokomotive = locomotive
  • u. - und = and
  • dr. - Laufdrehgestell = carrying bogie
  • dr. kr. - Krauss-Drehgestell (-Lenkgestell) = Krauss-Helmholtz bogie (pony truck)
  • 3cyl. - Dreizylinder- = three-cylinder
  • 4cyl. - Vierzylinder- = four-cylinder
  • v. Verbund-Triebwerk = compound drive

There were no special abbreviations for wet steam engines, tender locomotives, two-cylinder engines and simple steam expansion.

So 2/4 H. S. L. dr. meant a four-coupled, four axled, superheated express train locomotive with carrying bogie.

Further details such as 'bus' ("Omnibus") were spelt out in full. With the addition of phrases like 'with trailing axle' ("mit hinterer Laufachse") it was possible to distinguish whether a carrying wheelset was in front of or behind the coupled wheels. Following on were further descriptions in order to differentiate the different locomotives. So, for example, the name of the design company, or the name of the railway division that first procured the engine, or the fact that the locomotive was built to certain standards, were added. This classification system continued even after the introduction of the 1903 scheme. From 1910 the detail of the wheel arrangement as a fraction was replaced by a combination of figures for carrying axles and letters for coupled axles (see UIC classification).

Classification of electric locomotives and railbuses

The first locomotives built from 1908 were given the Class designation "WSL" - Wechselstrom-Schnellzug-Lokomotive (AC express train locomotive) and "WGL" - Wechselstrom-Güterzug-Lokomotive (AC goods train locomotive) as well as operating numbers: from 10201 for the goods train engines and 10501 for the expresses. In addition the name of the railway division followed. Because the system was no longer adequate for the locomotives ordered from 1911 a system was introduced similar to the steam engine classification scheme.

It comprised the class designations:

Multiple locomotives were designated with lower case letters.

The railbuses were initially only given an operating number. From 1910 type letters were introduced.

The operating numbers were always given together with their originating railway division in order to avoid any possible confusion..

Remarks about the tables

The lists give an overview of the locomotives procured by the Prussian state railways (Preussische(n) Staatseisenbahnen) from 1880 or as standard types thereafter.

Steam locomotives

Express train locomotives

Class Number range DRG number(s) Quantity Built Type Remarks
S 1 1 - 100 14 1884 - 1887 1B n2v Hanover type
(12 7001 - 7004) 260 1885 - 1898 1B n2 Standard type based on to M III-2; 3 units, classed as P 3
S 2 101 - 200 2 1890 2'B n2v Experimental loco, Hannover
2 1891 2'B n2 Experimental loco, Erfurt variant
2 2'B n2v
148 1892 - 1893 2'B n2 Standard type based on M III-2a, copy of the Erfurt experimental loco
1 1892 2'B n2 Experimental loco with Lentz flue boiler
S 3 201-400 13 002 - 028 1027 1893 - 1903 2'B n2v Standard type based on M III-2b; 4 units with Pielock water separator (Dampftrockner), classified S 4 for a time
13 001 (26) (1904 - 1908) 2'B n2v Rebuild of S 2 based on M III-2a with compound system
S 4 401 - 500 1 1898 2'B h2 Superheated trials engine with fire tube superheater
2 1899 - 1900 2'B h2 Superheated trials engine with smokebox superheater
13 501 - 504 104 1898 - 1909 2'B h2 Standard type based on M XIV-2
S 51 501-600 1 1894 2'B n4v Experimental locomotive with four-cylinder compound engine, of the same type as for the French Northern Railway
17 1900 - 1903 2'B n4v Hannover variant
22 1902 - 1903 2'B n4v Grafenstaden variant
S 52 501-600 13 651 - 850 367 1905 - 1911 2'B n2v Standard type based on M III-2b, so-called "strengthened S 3"; classified S 3 until 1910
S 6 601-700 13 1001 - 1286 584 1906 - 1913 2'B h2 Standard type based on M XIV-2a
S 7 701-800 159 1902 - 1906 2'B1' n4v Standard type based on M III-2f, Hanover variant; one with Pielock water separator, classified S 8 for a time
79 1902 - 1905 2'B1' n4v Grafenstaden variant, delivered in 3 versions
S 8 801-900 14 001 - 002 (2) (1913 - 1914) 2'B1' h4v Rebuilt S 9 based on M III-2g with superheater
S 9 (Experimental) 901 - 1000 2 1904 2'B2' n3v Fast Wittfeld-Kuhn trials locomotive
S 9 901 - 1000 14 031 99 1908 - 1910 2'B1' n4v Standard type based on M III-2g, 2 prototypes initially classified as S 7
S 10 1001 - 1100 17 001 - 135 202 1910 - 1914 2'C h4 Standard type based on M XIV-2b, 2 prototypes initially classified as S 8
S 101 1101 - 1200 17 1001 - 1123,
17 1145 - 1153		 145 1911 - 1914 2'C h4v Standard type based on M XIV-2c1, 1911 version
17 1124 - 1144,
17 1154-1209		 92 1914 - 1916 2'C h4v Standard type based on M XIV-2c2, 1914 version
S 102 1201 - 1300 17 201 - 296 124 1914 - 1916 2'C h3 Standard type based on M XIV-2d; like the S 10, only with 3 cylinders
S 11 ab 1301 7 1918 1'C2' h4v kkStB 310.300; 10 ordered from the kkStB, 7 taken over by Prussia, handed to Poland in 1922

Passenger train locomotives

Class Number range DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of Manufacture Type Remarks
P 1 1501 - 1550 56 1885 - 1891 1'B n2 Standard type based on M III-1b, so-called "newer Ruhr-Sieg type"; 24 units classified as P 2
P 2 1551 - 1600 166 1877 - 1884 1B n2 Standard type based on M 15, with inside valve gear; 7 units classified as P 3
76 1878 - 1883 Standard type based on M 16, with outside valve gear; 17 units classified as P 1
5 1886 2'B n2 Cöln linksreheinisch Division variant
P 3 1601 - 1700 3 1891 2'B n2v So-called "Mosel railway locomotives"; like the P 32, only with bogie
P 31 1601 - 1700 (34 7001 - 7012) 685 1885 - 1899 1B n2 Standard type based on M III-1
P 32 1701 - 1800 (34 7101 - 7134) 131 1887 - 1903 1B n2v Standard type based on M III-1a
P 41 1801 - 1900 2 1891 2'B n2 Experimental locomotive, Erfurt variant
55 1891 - 1892 2'B n2 Standard type based on M III-1c, copy of the Erfurt experimental locomotive
36 7001 - 7009 424 1893 - 1901 2'B n2 Standard type based on M III-1d
1 1898 2'B h2 Superheated experimental locomotive with fire tube superheater
P 42 1901 - 2000 2 1891 2'B n2v Experimental locomotive, Erfurt variant
36 002 - 438 707 1898 - 1910 2'B n2v Standard type based on M III-1c
36 001 (5) (1907) 2'B n2v P 41 rebuilt to compound operation, based on M III-c
P 6 2101 - 2300 37 001 - 160 272 1901 - 1910 1'C h2 Standard type based on M XIV-1; 37 161 - 163 identical engines of the former Royal Military Railway
P 7 2301 - 2400 18 1899 - 1902 2'C n4v Grafenstaden variant
P 8 2401 - 2800 38 1001 - 1572,
38 1576 - 1749,
38 1752 - 1790,
38 1793 - 2022,
38 2024 - 2025,
38 2027 - 2118,
38 2120 - 3389,
38 3395 - 3673,
38 3677 - 3792,
38 3951 - 4000		 3498 1906 - 1923 2'C h2 Standard type based on M XIV-1a
(P 10) (from 2801) 39 001 - 260 260 1922 - 1925 1'D1' h3

Goods train locomotives

Class Number range DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of Manufacture Type Remarks
G 1 3001 - 3050 49 1887 - 1897 B n2 Standard type based on M III-3g
G 2 3051 - 3100 45 1888 - 1901 B1 n2 Standard type based on M III-3b; 24 units classified as P 2, 2 units classified as P 3
G 3 3101 - 3600 53 7001 - 7157 2219 1877 - 1901 C n2 Standard type based on M III-3 (old M 13 and M 14); loco with 10 kp/cm² boiler pressure should be classified as G 3, with 12 kp/cm² as G 41
G 41 3601 - 3800 53 7601 - 7617
G 42 3801 - 3900 53 001 - 024 774 1882 - 1903 C n2v Standard type based on M III-3a, compounded variant of the G 3
G 43 3901 - 4000 53 301 - 327 63 1903 - 1907 C n2v Standard type based on M III-3o, Union variant
G 51 4001 - 4400 54 001 - 071 268 1892 - 1902 1'C n2 Standard type based on M III-3c, with Allan valve gear and Adams axle.
G 52 4001 - 4400 54 201 - 323,
54 325 - 342,
54 345 - 352,
54 354 - 367		 499 1896 - 1901 1'C n2v Standard type based on M III-3h, compounded variant of the G 51
G 53 4001 - 4400 54 601 - 671 206 1903 - 1906 1'C n2 Standard type based on M III-3l, two-cylinder variant of the G 54
G 54 4001 - 4400 54 801 - 981,
54 985 - 1079,
54 1083 - 1084		 753 1901 - 1910 1'C n2v
1'C h2v		 Standard type based on M III-3k, with Walschaerts valve gear and Krauss-Helmholtz bogie
G 55 4001 - 4400 54 1080 - 1082,
54 1085 - 1092		 20 1910 1'C n2v Standard type based on M III-3n; like the G 54, but with Adams axle
G 71 4401 - 4600 55 001 - 660 1205 1893 - 1917 D n2 Standard type based on M III-3d
G 72 4601 - 4800 55 702 - 55 1392 1646 1895 - 1911 D n2v Standard type based on M III-3i, compounded variant of the G71
G 73 4601 - 4800 55 701,
56 001 - 005		 85 1893 - 1917 1'D n2v Standard type based on M III-3e
G 8 4801 - 5000 55 1601 - 2256 1054 1902 - 1913 D h2 Standard type based on M XIV-3
G 81 4801 - 5000,
5151 - 5400		 55 2501 - 2945,
55 2947 - 3337,
55 3341 - 3366,
55 3368 - 4274,
55 4280 - 4284,
55 4286 - 5622		 4958 1913 - 1921 D h2 Standard type based on M XIV-3b
G 82 56 2001 - 2275,
56 2281 - 2485,
56 2551 - 2916		 846 1919 - 1928 1'D h2
G 83 56 101 - 185 85 1919 - 1920 1'D h3
G 9 (Mallet) 5001 - 5150 27 1893 - 1898 B'B n4v Standard type based on M III-3f, articulated Mallet locomotive
G 9 5001 - 5150 55 2301 - 2433 200 1908 - 1911 D n2 Standard type based on M III-3m, 36 units, rebuilt in 1923/24 into D h2
G 10 5401 - 5550 57 1001 - 1123,
57 1125 - 2725,
57 2892 - 3101		 2615 1910 - 1924 E h2 Standard type based on XIV-3a
G 12 (CFOA) from 5551 58 1001 5 1917 1'E h3 6 units, ordered from the CFOA (Chemin de Fer Ottomane Anatole), 5 units taken over by Prussia
G 12 from 5551 58 1002 - 2143 1168 1917 - 1922 1'E h3 Standard type based on M XIV-3d, 10 units, sold to Baden in 1920
G 121 from 5551 58 001 - 015 21 1915 - 1917 1'E h3 Standard type based on M XIV-3c

Tank locomotives

Class DRG number Year(s) of Manufacture Type Remarks
T 0 1880 + 1883 1A n2t
1A n2vt		 Various types
T 1 (98 7021) 1882 - 1886 B n2(v)t Various types
T 2 (88 7001, 7002, 7601) 1884 - 1889 B n2t Standard type
T 2 / T 4 1881 - 1882 1B n2t 1st Berlin type
T 21 1884 B1 n2t
2 / T 3 / T 4 1895, 1902 B1 n2t Standard type
T 3 89 7001 - 7511 1881 - 1910 C n2t
T 4 1885 - 1890 1'B n2t Hanover variant
T 41 (70 7001 - 7033, 7036 - 7038; 69 7001, 7002) 1890 - 1898 1B n2t Standard type T 4
T 42 (69 7003) 1889 - 1897 B1 n2t
T 43 (70 7034, 7035) 1898 1'B n2t
T 51 71 001 - 026 1895 - 1905 1'B1' n2t
T 52 72 001 - 002 1899 - 1900 2'B n2t,
2'B h2t
T 6 1902 1'C1' n3t, 1'C1' n2t
T 7 89 7801 - 7869 1876 - 1900 C n2
T 8 89 001 - 078 1906 - 1909 C h2t
T 9 Elberfeld 90 116 (90 351 - 363) 1891 - 1900 C1' n2t
T 9 Langenschwalbach 90 232, 233 1892 - 1895 C1' n2t
T 91 90 001 - 021,
90 024 - 115,
90 117 - 122,
90 125 - 231		 1893 - 1909 C1' n2t Several locos wrongly classified as 91.0-1 (T 9.2) and 91.3 (T 9.3)
T 92 91 001 - 087,
91 090 - 108,
91 115		 1892 - 1901 1'C n2t Several locos wrongly classified as 90.0-2 (T 9.1)
T 93 91 303 - 1805 1902 - 1922 1'C n2t
T 10 76 001 - 011 1909 2'C h2t
T 11 74 001 - 358 1903 - 1910 1'C n2t,
1'C h2t
T 12 74 401 - 543,
74 545 - 1310		 1902 - 1916 1'C h2t
T 13 Hagans (92 501 - 505) 1899 - 1902 D n2t
T 13 92 501 - 584,
92 589 - 605,
92 608 - 731,
92 739 - 909,
92 914 - 954,
92 1001 - 1072		 1899 - 1922 D n2t
(T 131) 92 405 - 413 1921 + 1922 D h2t
T 14 93 001 - 417 1913 - 1918 1'D1' h2t,
1'D1' h3t
T 141 93 501 - 794,
93 815 - 831,
93 851 - 1017		 1918 - 1924 1'D1' h2t 93 1018 - 1261 procured by the DRG
T 14 (Experimental) 1913 1'D1' h2t
T 15 (94 7001 - 7022) 1897 - 1905 E n2t
T 16 (Experimental) 1904 2'C2' h4vt Experimental locomotive
T 16 94 201 - 464,
94 468 - 490
94 501		 1905 - 1913 E h2t
T 161 94 502 - 1377,
94 1501 - 1584		 1913 - 1924 E h2t 94 1585 - 1740 procured by the DRG
T 18 78 001 - 092,
78 094 - 145,
78 166 - 282,
78 351 - 401		 1912 - 1927 2'C2' h2t 78 402 - 528 procured by the DRG
(T 20) 95 001 - 046 1922 - 1924 1'E1' h2t Delivery ran into the DRG era
T 26 97 001 - 030 1902–1920 C 1' n2(4)zt Rack railway locomotive
T 28 97 401 1922 1'D1' h2(4v)zt Rack railway locomotive

Narrow gauge locomotives

Class DRG number Year of Manufacture Type Remarks
T 31 99 7101 + 99 7102, (99 7401 - 7404, 7411 - 7413) 1875 - 1899 C n2t taken over from the Hildburghausen-Heldburg-Lindenau Railway, the Eisfeld-Unterneubrunn Railway and the Felda Railway, metre gauge, as well as the Upper Silesian Narrow Gauge Railway, 785 mm gauge.
T 32 1897 C n2t also classified as the T 29 and T 30, metre gauge
T 33 99 031 + 032, 99 041 - 045, 99 051 + 052, 99 061 - 063 1908 - 1914 C n2t also classified as T 30, metre gauge
T 34 1899 C1' n2t also classified as T 28 and T 29, metre gauge
T 35 (99 141) 1902 D n2t also classified as T 30, T 31 und T 32, metre gauge
T 36 1897 - 1901 CB' n2t 785 mm gauge
T 37 99 401 - 408 1902 - 1912 D n2t 785 mm gauge
T 38 99 411 - 420 1914 - 1919 D h2t 785 mm gauge
T 39 99 431 - 435 1919 - 1926 E h2t 785 mm gauge, 99 441 - 446 DRG copies
(T 40) 99 181 - 183 1923 E h2t Metre gauge; procurement and delivery by the DRG

Electric locomotives

Class DRG number Year of Manufacture Type Remarks
ES 1 to ES 3 E 00 02 1911 2'B1'
ES 4 1912 1'D1'
ES 5 1913 1'C1'
ES 6 1914 1'C1'
ES 9 to ES 19 E 01 09 - E 01 19 1914 - 1922 1'C1'
(ES 51 to ES 57) E 06 01 - E 06 07 1924 - 1926 2'C2' Procured by the DRG
EP 201 1912 1'D1' Originally classified as EG 501
EP 202 to EP 208 E 30 02 - E 30 08 1915 1'C1'
EP 209/210 and EP 211/212 E 49 00 1922 2'B + B1'
(EP 213 and EP 214) E 42 13 + E 42 14 1924 B'B' Procured by the DRG
(EP 215 and EP 219) E 42 15 - E 42 19 1924 - 1925 B'B' Procured by the DRG
EP 235 E 50 35 1917 2'D1'
EP 236 to 246 E 50 36 - E 50 46 1923 - 1924 2'D1'
EP 247 to 252 E 50 47 - E 50 52 1923 - 1924 2'D1'
EG 502 to EG 505 E 70 02 - E 70 05 1911 D
EG 506 E 70 06 1911 D
EG 507 and EG 508 E 70 07 + E 70 08 1913 D
EG 509/510 1911 1'B + B1'
EG 511 to EG 537 E 71 11 - E 71 37 1914 - 1922
EG 538 abc to EG 549abc E 91 38 - E 91 49 1915 B + B + B
EG 551/552 to EG 569/570 E 90 51 - E 90 60 1919 - 1923 C + C
EG 571ab to EG 579ab E 92 71 - E 92 79 1923 - 1925 Co + Co
(EG 581 to EG 594) E 91 81 - E 91 94 1925 - 1926 C'C' Ordered by the DRG
(EG 701 to EG 725) E 77 51 - E 77 75 1924 - 1926 (1B)(B1) Ordered by the DRG
EV 1/2 E 73 03 1911 Bo + Bo
EV 3/4 1913 Bo + Bo
EV 5I 1910 A1A
EV 5II E 73 05 1923 Bo'Bo'
EV 6 E 73 06 1926 Bo'Bo' Ordered by the DRG
EB 1 to EB 3 1914 B

Railbuses

Class DRG number Year of Manufacture Type Remarks
2051 und 2052 1903 (A 1 A) 3'
501 Berlin to 532 Berlin 1903 - 1912 Bo'2' Berlin City Railway [1]
551/552 Altona to 669/670 Altona 1501 a/b - 1560 a/b 1905 - 1907 Bo'1 + 1(1A) und Bo'1 + 1 2' Hamburg-Altona City and Suburb Railway
671/672 Altona to 719/720 Altona 1561 a/b - 1575 a/b 1909 Bo' 1 + 1 2' Hamburg-Altonar City and Suburb Railway
721/722 Altona to 829/830 Altona 1576 a/b - 1588 a/b 1910 - 1913 Bo' 1 + 1 2' Hamburg-Altona City and Suburb Railway
501 Breslau to 506 Breslau ET 87 01 - ET 87 05 1914 + 1915 2' 1 + B'1 + 1 2'
507 Breslau to 510 Breslau ET 88 01 - ET 88 04 1923 (A1) (1A)
(Experimental Berlin A to F) 3001 Berlin - 3022e Berlin, 6001 Berlin - 6030 Berlin 1920 Bo'2'+2+2+2+2'Bo', Bo'2'2'2'2'Bo' Experimental trains for the Berlin S-Bahn, ordered by the DRG
A 1 201 - 205 1907 A 1 A Old class AT 1/06
AT 2 1907 (1A) Bo', Bo'Bo'
A 2 223/224 - 233/234, 241/242 - 353/354 1908 - 1911 1A + A1, 2A + A2 Wittfeld type, old class AT 3/11 and AT 3/06
A 3 355/356 - 489/490 1910 - 1912 2A + A2 Wittfeld type, old class AT 3/09 and AT 3/11
A 4 491/492 - 531/532, 537/538 - 545/546, 555/556 - 563/564, 579/580 1913 2A + A2 Wittfeld type, old class AT 3/13
A 5 533/534 + 535/536 1913 + 1914 3 + Bo + 3 Wittfeld type, old class AT 3/12
A 6 547/548 - 553/554, 565/566 - 567/568 1913 + 1914 3 + Bo + 3
AT 569 - 578 1916 1A + 1A + A1
DT 1 1903 A 1
DT 2 1905 (1A) 1
DT 3 1905 A 1
Experimental Railbus 1907 (1 A) (A 1)
VT 1 to VT 20 1909 2' Bo'
VT 101 to VT 103 1914 3' B'

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ E.T. 531

External links

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