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First published 2017Amberley PublishingThe Hill, StroudGloucestershire, GL5 4EPwww.amberley-books.comCopyright George Woods, 2017The right of George Woods to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.ISBN 978 1 4456 7133 8 (print)ISBN 978 1 4456 7134 5 (ebook)All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without the permission in writing from the Publishers.British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.Origination by Amberley Publishing.Printed in the UK.
Introduction
During the 1970s, newspapers and television news frequently carried reports about aircraft or train enthusiasts being arrested for taking notes and photographs while pursuing their hobbies in East European countries such as Yugoslavia, Hungary and Bulgaria. They were usually released after negotiations between the various diplomatic ministries, and they returned home after spending a few days being interrogated by the secret police and having had their notebooks and film confiscated.This was very frustrating, as behind the Iron Curtain the communist countries were still running a lot of steam locos, many of which were unusual types that were not seen in the West, or were of types that had long been taken out of service in Western Europe.Well before the Second World War, German locomotive practice was a big influence on many East European railways, and German manufacturers such as Borsig, Henschel and Maffei supplied locos to many railways, but the most interesting types were often those designed and built locally, such as the locos developed in Austria by Karl Glsdorf, which were spread through the countries that had come under the influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Many East European railways had received locos as war repatriations from Germany at the end of both the First and Second World Wars. These included the Class 52 Kreigsloks (war locomotives), which were built in 194244 in huge numbers (something like 6,750) in many of the Axis-controlled countries, often by forced labour for service on the Eastern Front. As late as the 1970s these could still be found working in Russia, Turkey, and many East European countries, and to a lesser extent in Western Europe, with many lasting until the end of steam traction, which on most railways took place in the 1970s, but didnt take place in Poland until 1993.Several locomotive societies ran trips to Eastern Europe with varying degrees of success. I had been to West Germany several times and steam there was coming to an end, but in East Germany or to give it its official title, the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) plenty of steam was still to be seen in service on all types of traffic, from InterCity Expresses to slow freight traffic.The tour itself went extremely well. For the most part we were able to photograph quite freely, and no one got arrested during the tour. The only downside was the weather, which struggled to get above freezing for most of the time.Compared to countries in the West, everything seemed to be run down; the towns and cities were drab and could have done with a good clean and a coat of paint, and everyday necessities were in short supply. The Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) rail system also seemed shabby and much rolling stock was elderly, with some even dating back to pre-war days still being in service.My second trip was with To Europe for Steam, a group headed by Bill Alborough, who organised tours to see steam locos in many parts of the world. This tour took place in July 1976, which meant the weather was better in fact, the temperature reached over 100 F while we were in Berlin. This trip also went extremely well, although we were kept waiting for about three hours on the wrong side of the border for our guide and the tour bus after we had entered the DDR through Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, and it was gone 3 a.m. before we got to our hotel.After the Second World War ended, large sections of the electrified railway system in East Germany were stripped of equipment, which was transported to Russia to be used on their rail system, and many locomotives and other items were also sent to various countries in both East and West Europe as war repatriations, which left the railways in both parts of Germany with a serious shortage of equipment that was not overcome until many years later, when industry regained something like normal output. Diesel locos were gradually appearing in quite large numbers, especially two types that were manufactured in the Soviet Union, which were coming into service in most of the Eastern Bloc countries.The lack of finance and pressure to improve other parts of the economy helped to ensure that standard-gauge steam locomotives survived on the DR until 1988, lasting much longer than in countries in the West. The UK finished with steam in 1968, while in West Germany it lasted until 1977, and in France the last of steam was retired in 1974.The steam survivors were, in many cases, the same types that had been running in West Germany until the end of steam there, but in the DDR some types such as the Prussian G12 Class survived for much longer, with many of that type being modernised by the DR in the late 1950s. Other types, such as the Class 52 Kreigsloks, built by the Nazis during the Second World War, and the original 01 Pacifics were still in front-line service, whereas they had been withdrawn from service in West Germany some years previously.Another big difference from Western countries was the amount of steam-worked narrow-gauge lines that survived in the DDR; many lasting until reunification in 1989.
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