DRG Class 80

The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were intended to replace the aging state railway line engines on shunting duties at large stations.

History

39 examples were built in 1927 and 1928 at the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in Königsberg, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple design, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down.
Prior to the Second World War they worked primarily in the area of Leipzig and Cologne. After 1945 22 were sent to the DR in East Germany and 17 to the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They were in service with the DR until 1968.
The last Bundesbahn engine was withdrawn in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1965. Several examples survived in the Ruhrgebiet until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the Ruhrkohle AG.

Seven of the class have been preserved:

80 009 is privately owned by Peter Haschke, and stands in his garden.
80 013 is non-operational at the German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg.
80 014 has been cosmetically restored and currently at the South German Railway Museum, Heilbronn.
80 023 has belonged to the Dresden Transport Museum since 1981. It is maintained by IG Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt in the Dresden-Altstadt shed.
80 030, in photo-livery at the Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum.
80 036 of the Dutch Steam Locomotive Union Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij is currently undergoing a major overhaul and will be back in service for heritage trips.
80 039 is in working condition for use on specials by the Hamm Museum Railway.