Baureihe 01
1925 · Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 01 · Work 17 of 1,871
A German Reichsbahn class 01 express locomotive standing under a water crane, large smoke deflectors either side of the smokebox, Rhine valley slopes and vineyards beyond.
- What it was used for
- Deutsche Reichsbahn expresses across the whole network. The reason lay eight years back: the 1920 merger of the state railways brought dozens of incompatible classes from Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg and Baden into a single administration.
- What was new
- The idea was not the individual machine but the standard locomotive: components shared across many classes, so that one spare part fits everywhere. Administration as a design principle.