Overview of freight car types up to 1945

The overview of freight wagons up to 1945 is a supplement to the articles: "Freight wagons of the regional railways" , freight wagons of the association design , " freight wagons of the interchangeable design ", " freight wagons of the welded design " and " freight wagons of the war design " and gives the various designs and the The resulting development of freight wagons in Germany in short.

Standard freight wagons

The following table contains only a few standard freight wagons of the Länderbahnen , the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) and the Deutsche Reichsbahn, broken down according to wagon types and types. Are given the genus districts and the generic characters with which the cars were used on the German Reichsbahn. Subsidiary symbols are only listed insofar as they apply to all or at least most of the wagons of a wagon type. The sample sheet numbers of the Länderbahn design (here) and association design (here) are given in brackets.

Design type:	[approx. 1878–1910] Country type (sample sheet)		[approx. 1910–1924] Association design (sample sheet)		[approx. 1924–1933] Replacement design (riveted)		[1933-1945] Welded construction		[1942-1945] War design
Wagon type	Generic district and generic symbol		Generic district and generic symbol		Generic district and generic symbol		Generic district and generic symbol		Generic district and generic symbol
Covered freight cars	Hanover G Stettin G (II d 8)		Kassel Munich (A2)	G Gh go	Kassel Gr		Opole (short)   Opole (long)	Gs Ghs   Ghs Gehs	Bremen Gmhs
Covered, spacious freight cars	Dresden Gl (Ce5)		Dresden Gl (A9)		Dresden	Gl Glr Glrhs Glhs Glehs	Dresden     Dresden	Glr Gls Glrhs   Glhs	Leipzig Glmhs
Covered, spacious freight cars with front doors	Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Dresden	Glt Glth Gltrhs	Dresden	Glt Glths Gltehs Gltrhs	Wasn't built
Covered, spacious freight cars with four axles	Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Dresden GGhs Bromberg GGhs		Wasn't built
Covered, spacious freight cars with front doors, four-axled	Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Bromberg GGths		Wasn't built
Hinged-top trolley	Elberfeld K (II d 4)		Elberfeld K (A7)		Elberfeld / Wuppertal K		Wuppertal Kmr		Wasn't built
Verschlag- venture	Altona (II d 10)	Vh Vwh	Altona (A8)	V Vh	Altona	V Vr	Altona / Hamburg V.		Wasn't built
Open freight cars	Frankfurt O Würzburg Op (II d 3)		Hall O (A1)		Hall O		Wasn't built		Wasn't built
	Schwerin O Schwerin Op (II d 1)		Nuremberg O (A6)		Wasn't built		Wasn't built		Wasn't built
	Ludwigshafen Om (II d 2 III )		Wroclaw Om Essen Om (A10)		Koenigsberg Om		Breslau Om Essen Om   Linz Omm Villach Ommu   Villach Ommur Kattowitz OOfs		Klagenfurt Ommu   Graz Ommf
stanchion venture	Stuttgart R (II d 5)		Stuttgart R (A4)		Stuttgart R Stuttgart Rr		Stuttgart	R Rr Rs	Ulm Rmms
Two-axle rail cars	Augsburg S (Ce143)		Augsburg S (A11)		Augsburg Sm		Augsburg Sm Augsburg Smr		Wasn't built
Four-axle rail car	Cologne SSk (II d 7)		Cologne SS (A3)		Cologne SSl		Cologne SSla		Wasn't built
Four-axle flat cars	Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Cologne SSy Cologne SSys		Wasn't built
Six-axle flat car	Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Not developed yet		Cologne SSyms		Wasn't built
Turntable wagons	Regensburg H (II c 11)		Regensburg H (A5)		Regensburg H		Regensburg Hm		Wasn't built

1. ↑ In 1937 the wagons of the "Glhs Dresden" wagon type (built in 1934) were assigned to the "Opole class district"
2. ↑ Small series of four cars.
3. ↑ Small series with about 10 built copies.
4. ↑ In 1930 the hinged-lid wagons were assigned to the Wuppertal district.
5. ↑ In 1930 the hinged-lid wagons were assigned to the Wuppertal district.
6. ↑ Small series with eight built copies.
7. ↑ In 1937 the crate wagons were assigned to the Hamburg class district.
8. ↑ In 1937 the crate wagons were assigned to the Hamburg class district.
9. ↑ In 1937 the crate wagons were assigned to the Hamburg class district.
10. ↑ Small series with less than 40 copies built.
11. ↑ Small series with less than 30 copies built.
12. ↑ Experimental design from 1944/45.
13. ↑ Small series with about 20 copies built.
14. ↑ Small series with less than 40 copies built.
15. ↑ Two test cars from 1942.

Overview of types according to type of wagon

Covered freight cars of the standard design
Wagon type	design type	First year of construction	Loading weight	Länderbahn class from 1914	Generic district u. Generic symbol of the DR	Generic sign u. Type number of the DB	Generic sign u. Class number of the DR (after 1945)
Covered freight cars	Country type	1895	15 t	Gm	Hanover / Stettin G	G02 / G03	G03
	Association type	1910	15 t	Gm, Nm	Kassel / Munich G	G 10	G04 / G05
	Exchange design	1927	15 t	-	Kassel Gr	G 20	G 04
	Welded construction	1937	15 t	-	Oppeln G (r) s, Ghs, Gehs	Gmhs 30	Gms 07
	War design	1943	20 t	-	Bremen Gmhs	Gmhs 35	Gmhs 11
Covered, spacious freight cars	Country type	1914	15 t	Gml	Dresden Gl	Gl 06	Eq 12
	Country type	1895	15 t		Dresden Gl	Gl 07	-
	Association type	1913/14	15 t	Gml	Dresden Gl	Eq 11	Eq 12
	Exchange design	1923	15 t	-	Dresden Gl u. Glr	Gl 22, Glr 22	Eq 12
	Exchange design	1933	15 t	-	Dresden Glhs u. Glehs	Glhs 25, Glehs 25	Eq 12
	Welded construction	1934	15 t	-	Dresden Glhs from 1937: Oppeln Ghs	Ghs 31	Ghs 07
	Exchange design	1935	15 t	-	Dresden Glr, Gls, Glrs, Glrhs	Glm ... 28	Eq 12
	Welded construction	1936	15 t	-	Dresden Glr u. Glrhs	Glmr 38, Glrhs 33	Eq 12
	Welded construction	1937	15 t	-	Dresden Gls u. Glhs	Glms 38, Glmhs 38	Eq 12
	War design	1943	20 t	-	Leipzig Glmhs	Glmhs 36	Gmhs 11

1. ↑ Were only built for the Grand Ducal Baden State Railway, from 1937 Gl Stettin

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