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Deutsche Bundesbahn, or DB, was formed as the state railway of the newly established West Germany on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. The DB remained the state
Telegram announcing the formation of the Deutsche Bundesbahn
V200 number 010 pulling passenger train in West Germany, c. 1961
West German trains ran through East Germany. This 1977 view shows how barriers were made near the tracks to keep people away.
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the state-owned railway in the German Democratic Republic from 1949 and 1990, and the New States after German reunification until 1 January 1994. It was operated by the Ministr
Deutsche Bundesbahn
…Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remained the state railway of West Germany until after German reunification, when it was merged with the former East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) to form Deutsche Bahn, which came into existence on 1 January 1994. After World War II, each of the military governments of the Allied Occupation…
In March 1971, the DR's Interzone express departs Hamburg for Berlin with class 01.5 steam power, a 4-6-2 "Pacific".
DR Class V 180 built by Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg (LKM).
DR Class 250, 1982.
V 180 on the temporary bridge over the Tegel motorway construction site, 1986.