The Deutsche Reichsbahn had a standard passenger train tank engine with a wheel arrangement of 1'C1' (

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) or 2-6-2 (

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) and a low

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, which was designated in their classification system as the DRG Class 64 (''Baureihe 64''). The Class 64 was developed from 1926 onwards and it was built between 1928 and 1940. Many German manufacturers contributed to the series.

Construction

The

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and elements of the driving gear were the same as those on the DRG Class 24. They had Bissel bogies, apart from ten engines which had a

Krauss-Helmholtz bogie A Krauss-Helmholtz bogie (''Krauss-Helmholtz-Lenkgestell'') is a mechanism used on steam locomotives and some electric locomotives to improve curve running. Operation The bogie comprises a carrying axle connected to a coupled axle via a sha ...

. From no. 64 368 onwards the engines were 10 cm longer than their predecessors. The Class 64 engine was given the nickname "''Bubikopf''" ('bob') after a fashionable ladies hairstyle of the time.

Service

After the

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393 engines were still in service of which 278 went to the

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and 115 to the

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. No. 64 311 remained in Austria after 1945 and became class 64 (''Reihe 64'') with the Austrian Federal Railways (''Österreichische Bundesbahnen'' or ÖBB). Those engines left in

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were given the classification OKl2 by the PKP. In 1968 there were still 60 machines in service with the Bundesbahn. Twenty Class 64 locomotives have been preserved, the majority in Germany.

Preserved Locomotives

While the majority of the class 64s are preserved in Germany, seven of the class are preserved in other countries. * 64 250 with the Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des 3 Vallées in Mariembourg, BelgiumThree Valley Steam Train website. Retrieved on 2009-09-04.
/ref> * 64 305 with the Nene Valley Railway in England and is currently awaiting overhaul. * 64 344 with the Passau Railway Society (currently being renovated) * 64 415 with the

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in Beekbergen,

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* 64 419 with the DBK Historic Railway in

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* 64 491 with the

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in Ebermannstadt, Bavaria * 64 518 with the Verein Historische Eisenbahn Emmental (VHE) in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

* 64 061 ( Polish State Railways no. OKl2-6) in Jaworzyna Śląska,

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