Class district

Class districts () were a classification system for railway goods wagons used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (1920–1945) in Germany between the wars.Deutsche Reichsbahn Güterwagen at web.hs-merseburg.de. Retrieved 19 Jun 2019

After the Deutsche Reichsbahn had been founded in 1920, in 1921 all goods wagons types with the same or similar roles were grouped into so-called class districts. These were named after cities that were the headquarters of a Reichsbahn division or, later, other cities too. Work on re-lettering and renaming the wagons began in 1922 and was largely completed by 1924.

+ Class districts of the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1921 Class districts Category letters Wagon type Class Period Altona, later Hamburg V Livestock van S, V, A, W 1922–1937 Augsburg S Two and three-axled rail wagons S, V, A, W 1922–1945 Berlin Gk Refrigerator vans S, V, A, W 1922–1945 Breslau Om Open wagons S, V, A, W 1922–1945 Dresden G und GG Large-volume vans S, V, A, W 1922–1945 Elberfeld, later Wuppertal K Lidded wagons S, V, A 1922–1930 Erfurt X Open departmental wagons S, V, A, W 1922–1945 Essen Om Open wagons V, W 1922–1945 Kassel (Cassel) G Covered wagons V, A 1922–1945 Köln SS Rail wagons with four or more axles (flat wagons) S, V, A, W 1922–1945 München G Covered wagons Verbandsbauart 1922–1945 Nürnberg O Open wagons Verbandsbauart 1922–1945 Regensburg H Cradle wagons S, V, A 1922–1945 Stuttgart R Stake wagons S, V, A, W 1922–1945 Legende: S = State railways V = Verbandsbauart A = Austauschbauart W = Welded

See also Additional class districts from 1926 Additional class districts from 1935 Additional class districts from 1942

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