X-Nico

5 unusual facts about German state railway norms


Prussian G 2

The East Prussian Southern Railway, taken over by the Prussian state railways in 1903, also ordered 24 of these engines between 1890 and 1901, for which a template (Musterblatt) based on Prussian norms had been prepared.

Prussian G 3

In addition to standard locomotives, there were also 285 G 3s that were not built to German state railway norms, because they had been built, in most cases, before the foundation of the Prussian state railways.

Prussian G 4.1

These earlier locomotives were delivered between 1872 and 1896 and did not meet the Prussian norms.

Prussian P 2

Of the 2-4-0 type, 88 came from railway companies that were the predecessors to the Prussian state railways and did not comply with Prussian norms, 24 were of the Ruhr-Sieg type (see Prussian P 1) and 182 were standard P 2's.

Prussian T 3

Together with the Prussian T 2 they were the first locomotives that were built to railway norms.



see also