The German term Neubaulokomotive specifically refers to those steam locomotives which were newly designed and built, either for the Deutsche Bundesbahn

Deutsche Bundesbahn

The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...

 in West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 or the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, after the Second World War.

Concept

The term Neubaulokomotive or Neubaulok was chosen to distinguish these locomotives from the standard steam locomotives built by the pre-war Deutsche Reichsbahn

Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft

The Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....

 in Germany, the so-called Einheitsdampflokomotiven or Einheitsloks.

The main differences were the welded plate frames

Locomotive frame

A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the backbone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such as a cab, boiler or bodywork. The vast majority of locomotives have had a frame structure of some kind...

 instead of bar frames and more powerful boilers with combustion chamber

Combustion chamber

A combustion chamber is the part of an engine in which fuel is burned.-Internal combustion engine:The hot gases produced by the combustion occupy a far greater volume than the original fuel, thus creating an increase in pressure within the limited volume of the chamber...

s. The locomotives which were newly developed by the Bundesbahn stand out visually from their Reichsbahn and former state railway (Länderbahnen

Länderbahnen

The German term Länderbahnen generally refers to the state railways of the German Empire in the period from about 1840 to 1920 when they were merged into the Deutsche Reichsbahn after the First World War....

) counterparts, particularly because of their shiny, silver-coloured boiler rings.

DB locomotives

The DB Neubauloks were:

• Class 10
  DB Class 10
  The steam locomotives of DB Class 10 were express train locomotives with the Deutsche Bundesbahn in Germany after the Second World War. They were nicknamed 'Black Swans' as a result of their elegant shape.- History :...
  
  
• Class 23
  DB Class 23
  The steam locomotives of Class 23 were German passenger train locomotives developed in the 1950s for the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They had a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement and were equipped with Class 2'2' T 31 tenders...
  
  
• Class 65
  DB Class 65
  The steam locomotives of DB Class 65 were newly designed, German, passenger train tank locomotives, built for the Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War. They were intended for suburban and commuter trains serving German cities, where they were to replace Classes 78 and 93.5...
  
  
• Class 66
  DB Class 66
  The DB Class 66 was a class of two Deutsche Bundesbahn locomotives designed for fast goods train and passenger train services on the main and branch lines of Deutsche Bundesbahn , the national railway of the former West Germany.-History:The Class 66 were one of several newly designed locomotive...
  
  
• Class 82
  DB Class 82
  The DB Class 82 was a goods train tank locomotive with the Deutsche Bundesbahn in Germany, that was built in the period after the Second World War and was intended for shunting and normal rail services...
  
  

DR locomotives

The Neubauloks of the former Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR were:

• Class 23.10
  DR Class 23.10
  The steam locomotives of DR Class 23.10, were passenger train engines built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War.- History :...
  
  
• Class 25.10
  DR Class 25.10
  The steam locomotives of DR Class 25.10 were passenger train locomotives built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War.- History :...
  
  
• Class 50.40
• Class 65.10
  DR Class 65.10
  - History :Like the DB Class 65 built for the Deutsche Bundesbahn in West Germany, the DR Class 65.10 was intended by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany for commuter traffic on suburban railways...
  
  
• Class 83.10
  DR Class 83.10
  The DR Class 83.10 was a newly designed steam locomotive built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War and was introduced into service in 1955 and 1956....
  
  
• Class 99.23-24
  DR Class 99.23-24
  The engines of DR Class 99.23 are metre gauge steam locomotives, that were procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany from 1954 to 1956. When they entered service they had operating numbers 99 231–99 247...
  
  
• Class 99.77-79
  DR Class 99.77-79
  The steam locomotives of DR Class 99.77–79 were ordered by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War. They were narrow gauge locomotives with a 750 mm rail gauge and were built for the narrow gauge lines in Saxony. The locomotives were largely identical to the DRG...
  
  

Literature

• Hans Müller / Andreas Stange / Jörg Wenkel: Die ersten Neubaudampfloks der Deutschen Reichsbahn. EK-Verlag, Freiburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-88255-165-5

See also

• List of DB locomotives and railbuses
• List of East German Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotives and railbuses
• Einheitslokomotive
  Einheitslokomotive
  Einheitslokomotive was the name given to standard classes of German steam locomotives built from 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn to certain common designs, and also to standard German electric locomotives produced after 1952 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn...
  
  
• Einheitsdampflokomotive
  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...
  
  
• Kriegslokomotive
  Kriegslokomotive
  Kriegslokomotiven were German 'war locomotives', produced in large numbers during the Second World War, whose construction was tailored to the economic circumstances of wartime Germany, such as shortages of materials, goods transportation , ease of maintenance under difficult conditions, resistance...
  
  
• Rekolokomotive

External links

• Steam locomotive construction and technology (German)
• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany