DRG Class 24 [SEP] service entry
DRG Class 24
The DRG Class 24 steam engines were German standard locomotives ("Einheitslokomotiven") built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn between 1928 and 1939 to haul passenger trains.
History.
These engines, nickname the 'prairie horse' ("Steppenpferd") were developed specially for the long, flat routes in West and East Prussia. 95 examples were built by the firms of Schichau, Linke-Hofmann and others. The two units with operating numbers 24 069 and 24 070 were supplied by Borsig with a medium
worked the line daily. DRG Class 98.10 and, later, DRG Class 98.11 steam locomotives were used, amongst others. From December 1959 the Uerdingen railbuses were in regular passenger service. In 1976 there were eight pairs of trains on workdays, which had a journey time of about 24 minutes. For goods traffic, the DRG Class 86 was employed as well as diesel locomotives of DB classes V 100 and V 80.
See also.
- Royal Bavarian State Railways
- Bavarian branch lines
Sources.
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