Splinter genus

As a splitter type in is Eisenbahnbetrieb one represented by only one or a few copies genus of rail vehicles respectively.

Characteristic for fragment types are high costs due to the availability of unusual spare parts, logistical difficulties and additional training requirements for operating and driving personnel. This results in less freedom of action. Vehicles of splinter classes are therefore usually retired after a shorter period of use than standard classes with a large inventory.

literature

• Erich Landsmann (1932): The concentration of operations in the workshop service of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. E. Klinz. P. 93
• Erhard Born (1964): Development and history of the Pacific locomotives. Franckh'sche Verlag Buchhandlung. Page 40
• Martin Weltner (2008): The railroad in the Third Reich: history, vehicles, war effort. GeraMond. Page 41

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christopher Kopper : The Railway in the Economic Miracle: German Federal Railways and Transport Policy in Post-War Society , Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-38328-6 (= Deutsches Museum : Contributions to Historical Transport Research , Volume 9, also habilitation thesis to the University of Bielefeld 2005), p 79th