The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitsloks

Einheitsdampflokomotive

The German term Einheitsdampflokomotive, sometimes shortened to Einheitslokomotive or Einheitslok, means standard steam locomotive and refers to the steam engines built in Germany after 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft...

) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn

Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft

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. They were intended to replace the aging, rickety state railway line engines performing shunting

Switcher

A switcher or shunter is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been...

 duties in their dotage at large stations.

History

Between 1927 and 1928 39 vehicles were produced, having been built in the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in Königsberg, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple locomotive class, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down.

After they had been on duty, prior to the Second World War, primarily in the area of Leipzig

Leipzig

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 (including the shunting of post vans) and Cologne

Cologne

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, 22 units went into the DR in East Germany, post-1945, and 17 to the Deutsche Bundesbahn

Deutsche Bundesbahn

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. They were in service with the DR until 1968.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the last Bundesbahn engine was taken out of service in 1965. Several examples survived in the Ruhrgebiet until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the Ruhrkohle AG.

Preserved Locomotives

A total of seven locomotives of this class have been preserved:

• 80 009 belongs to a private owner, Peter Haschke, and stands in his garden.
• 80 013 (Hagans
  Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans
  Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans was a German locomotive manufacturer founded on 1 July 1857 in Erfurt, Germany, by Christian Hagans....
  
   factory no. 1227, 1927) is non-operational at the German Steam Locomotive Museum
  German Steam Locomotive Museum
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   in Neuenmarkt
  Neuenmarkt
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  -Wirsberg.
• 80 014 has been optically refurbished and is in the South German Railway Museum
  South German Railway Museum
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  , Heilbronn
  Heilbronn
  Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....
  
   (Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn).
• 80 023 has belonged to the Dresden Transport Museum
  Dresden Transport Museum
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   since 1981. It is maintained by IG Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt in the Dresden-Altstadt
  Dresden
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   shed.
• 80 030, in photo-livery is in the Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum
  Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum
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  .
• 80 036 of the Dutch Steam Locomotive Union Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij is currently undergoing a major overhaul and will be back in service for nostalgic trips.
• 80 039 is working and is used by the Hamm Museum Railway for special trips.

In fiction

The character "Puffa" from TUGS is a Marklin Gauge-1 DRG Class 80 - fitted with a cowcatcher - to resemble an American locomotive. Another Marklin Class 80 was used in the first season of Thomas the Tank Engine; its purpose was to haul background rolling stock. This engine has been dubbed by some fans as "The Marklin Engine."

External links

• http://www.museumseisenbahn-hamm.de/fzb/80.htm
• http://www.dampflokmuseum.de
• http://www.eisenbahnmuseum-bochum.de
• http://www.eisenbahnmuseum-heilbronn.de/geschichtebr80014.HTM
• http://www.stoomtrein.org/de/
• Technical drawing and data of the Class 80 goods train tank locomotive at dlok.de
• http://www.stoomtrein.org/ (Dutch)
• http://www.museumslok.de
• www.museumslok.de – All preserved engines
• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany