The Baden Class IX b were German rack railway steam locomotives with the
Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways
Grand Duchy of Baden had its own state-owned railway company, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (''Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen or G.Bad.St.E.''), which was founded in 1840. At the time when it was integrated into the Deutsche ...
, whose cogwheel drive was designed for running on track with a
Riggenbach rack system.
The locomotive was produced in two sub-classes, which were designated as IX b
1 and IX b
2. In 1925, they were grouped by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn
The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'' (), also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the Weimar Republic, German national Rail transport, railway system created after th ...
as DRG Class 97.2 within their
renumbering plan. The engines were employed on the
Höllentalbahn in the
Black Forest
The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...
until they were eventually and later replaced by
DRG Class 85 locomotives.
See also
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Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway
Grand Duchy of Baden had its own state-owned railway company, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (''Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen or G.Bad.St.E.''), which was founded in 1840. At the time when it was integrated into the Deutsche ...
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List of Baden locomotives and railbuses
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0-6-2T locomotives
09 b
Railway locomotives introduced in 1910
Esslingen locomotives
Rack and cog driven locomotives
C1′ t locomotives