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2 unusual facts about Deutsche Reichsbahn


GE Jenbacher

The plant made brake pads for the Deutsche Reichsbahn, and from 1939 they made aeroplane parts and rocket motors for Heinkel.

Ordnungspolizei

They were not subordinated to Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei, only the Deutsche Reichsbahn.


Heinz Dürr

Dürr was chairman of the board of AEG from 1980 to 1990, and from 1991 he served as executive board chairman of Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn, Germany's state-owned railways.

Intershop

Originally, Intershop was organised as a division of Mitropa, the company that provided catering services to the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Julius Dorpmüller

Julius Heinrich Dorpmueller (24 July 1869 in Elberfeld – 5 July 1945 in Malente) was general manager of Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft from 1926 to 1945 and the German Reich Transport Minister from 1937 to 1945.

Saxon XI HT

The last area of operations for these locomotives in the Deutsche Reichsbahn was on the ramp from Eibenstock upper station to Eibenstock lower station which was closed in autumn 1975.

Stuttgart Neuwirtshaus station

Deutsche Reichsbahn built a station on the Württemberg Black Forest line for the approximately 1,500 residents southeast of the settlement on Schwieberdinger Straße, the former route of national route (Reichsstraße) 10 (now federal highway 10).

Verwaltung des ehemaligen Reichsbahnvermögens

The Verwaltung des ehemaligen Reichsbahnvermögens (VdeR) was a body created in 1953 to take ownership of assets and properties of the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn in the western sectors of Berlin.


see also

Class 97

DRG Class 97, a class of German rack railway steam locomotive operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn

Wegmann

Henschel-Wegmann Train : a unique passenger express train operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Germany