Steam Locomotives - Germany: Illustrated History Books & Guides

German Express Steam Locomotives

In this book, the author defines the express steam locomotive on the basis of the mandatory criterion of large drive wheels, and studies its evolution from around 1850 to the last refinements made around 1960, with many wrong turns and great successes along the way.

This highly illustrated work features over 6,000 German express steam locomotives, including the oldest, the 1A1 and the Crampton; the largest, the Prussian S3; the fastest, the Reichsbahn-05; arguably the most successful, the Bavarian S3/6; and the most powerful, the Bundesbahn's oil-fired three-cylinder 01.

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Author:	Andreas Knipping
Details:	173 pages, 9.7 x 10 x 0.75 in (24.5 x 25.5 x 1.9 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	200 photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2022)
ISBN:	9781526795748

Dampfloks der Preussischen Staatsbahn - seit 1880 (Typenkompass)

This Typenkompass presents the steam locomotives of the Prussian State Railway for the period from 1880 to 1920. The wide variety of types of locomotives put into service is shown and systematically described. This Typenkompass thus provides an overview of the steam locomotives of what was at the time the largest unified railway company in the world.

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Each type is presented with a photo, a historical description and technical data.

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Author:	Thomas Estler
Details:	128 pages, 8.1 x 5.5 in (20.5 x 14 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	118 b&w photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Transpress (D, 2012)
Series:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613714366

Urgrossvaters Dampfross - Als es in Deutschland noch dampfte

In this nostalgic volume, neither the history of technology nor valuable historical images are neglected. In order to give the reader an understanding of the changes and different variants of drive technology in steam locomotives, Jan Reiners first explains the four basic types, which are then shown using various examples from different eras.

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The author explains the historical images of the locomotives in a competent manner and supplements the locomotives presented with technical explanations. The historical image material includes outstanding, rare photographs from the period from 1900 to 1939.

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Author:	Jan Reiners
Details:	144 pages, 10.4 x 9.1 in (26.5 x 23 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	193 b&w photos, 3 drawings
Language:	German
Publisher:	Transpress (D, 2017)
ISBN:	9783613715370

101 Dinge, die man über Dampfloks wissen muss

Why is the 18 201 a very special locomotive? Who was the first locomotive driver? Why did doctors warn of "delirium furiosum" at the beginning of the railway era?

The technical achievement of steam traction Records, unknowns, extremes and curiosities are presented. Dare to take a journey through the peculiarities and secrets of railway history. Informative and entertaining, you will experience 101 aha moments for every railway lover.

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Author:	Andreas Knipping
Details:	192 pages, 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.79 in (18.5 x 12.5 x 2 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	100 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	GeraMond Verlag (D, 2021)
ISBN:	9783964532503

Dampflokomotiven IV - Baureihe 99

In this volume, Manfred Weisbrod, Hans Müller and Wolfgang Petznik provide a complete overview of all narrow-gauge locomotives of German state railways.
Supplemented by technical data, photos and sketches, the steam locomotives are each presented based on their development history, operational performance and design features.

This volume from the series "Deutsches Lok-Archiv" describes the class 99 (narrow gauge locomotives).

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Author:	Manfred Weisbrod, Hans Wiegard, Hans Müller, Wolfgang Petznick
Details:	272 pages, 8.5 x 7.7 in (21.5 x 19.5 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	329 photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Transpress (D, 2021)
Series:	Deutsches Lok-Archiv
ISBN:	9783613716544

Dampflokomotiven V - Von der DRG übernommene Dampflokomotiven privater Eisenbahnen

This volume 5 deals with private railway locomotives that were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) before 1945. Complemented by technical data, photos and sketches, the steam locomotives and tenders are presented based on their development history, operational performance and design features.

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Author:	Manfred Weisbrod, Hans Wiegard, Hans Müller, Wolfgang Petznick
Details:	256 pages, 8.5 x 7.5 x 0.55 in (21.5 x 19 x 1.4 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	235 photos and drawings
Language:	German
Publisher:	Transpress (D, 2022)
Series:	Deutsches Lok-Archiv
ISBN:	9783613716483

Dampflokomotiven VI - Regelspurige Privatbahnlokomotiven

Volume 5 from the series "Deutsches Lok-Archiv" deals with private railway locomotives that were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) before 1945. Supplemented by technical data, photos and sketches, the steam locomotives and tenders are presented based on their development history, operational performance and design features.

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Author:	Manfred Weisbrod, Hans Wiegard
Details:	324 pages, 8.25 x 7.7 x 0.59 in (21 x 19.5 x 1.5 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	284 photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Transpress (D, 2022)
ISBN:	9783613716490

Der Aderlass: Die Waffenstillstands-Lokomotiven von 1918 und ihr Verbleib

In the First World War, the railway played a key strategic role as a means of mass transport. It is therefore no wonder that it was also given considerable importance in the armistice negotiations between the Entente and Germany. The armistice signed in Compiègne on 11 November 1918 had far-reaching consequences for the German railways.

The victorious powers, led by France, were less concerned with compensating for their own losses in railway equipment than with deliberately weakening the enemy's transport system in order to prevent a resurgence of fighting.
It was an unprecedented bloodletting, initially limited to just 31 days, which presented the German state railways with almost insurmountable problems with the transfer of 5, 000 standard gauge steam locomotives and 150, 000 wagons. But the recipients were also quickly overwhelmed.

In years of research, Jean Buchmann and Jean-Marc Dupuy have collected a wealth of material on both sides of the Rhine, including many rare photographic documents, which bring the sequence of events to life in words and pictures.
They describe the use of the armistice locomotives in France in particular (but not only) in a way that is as vivid as it is technically sound, and trace their subsequent whereabouts using the sources. The "second life" of not a few machines from the time of the regional railways was to last another 50 years or more - and is documented in this standard work for the first time in such detail.

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Author:	Jean Buchmann, Jean-Marc Dupuy
Details:	280 pages, 12.4 x 9.1 in (31.5 x 23 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	500 photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	VGB GmbH (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783969681237

Die deutschen Schnellzug-Dampflokomotiven

There are almost exactly 6, 600 locomotives that find their place here in words, pictures and tables. Among them are the 1A1 and the Crampton as the oldest, the Prussian S 3 as the most numerous, the Reichsbahn-05 as the fastest, the Bavarian S 3/6 as perhaps the most successful and the oil-fired three-cylinder 01 of the Bundesbahn as the most powerful.

Andreas Knipping defines the express train locomotive based on the mandatory criterion of large drive wheels and works out its evolution from around 1850 to the last refinements around 1960, with many wrong turns and great successes.

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Author:	Andreas Knipping
Details:	192 pages, 11.4 x 10.6 in (29 x 27 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	250 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	GeraMond Verlag (D, 2020)
ISBN:	9783956131127

Loks der Sächsischen Staatseisenbahnen - seit 1869 (Typenkompass)

From 1869 to 1918, the state-owned railways in the Kingdom of Saxony were known as the Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen. In this volume from the "Typenkompass" series, all the locomotives and railcars from this period are shown again.
The colorful variety of types of locomotives put into service is shown. They are portrayed briefly and competently in words and pictures.

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Each type is presented with a photo, a historical description and technical data.

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Author:	Reiner Preuss
Details:	112 pages, 8.1 x 5.5 in (20.5 x 14 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	102 b&w and 10 color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Transpress (D, 2013)
Series:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613714502