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The Royal Bavarian State Railways had, at different times, three different goods wagon classification systems that roughly correspond to the early, middle and late period of the state railway era in Bavaria: * Epoch Ia - the early period from 1867 to 1892. The time when the main line network was established. * Epoch Ib - the middle period from 1893 to 1912. The boom time for the branch lines. * Epoch Ic - the late period from 1913 to 1920. The war years and aftermath until the formation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. In practice Epoch Ic may have extended into the mid-1920s because it would have taken time for practices to change and for wagons to be repainted. In Bavaria, this may have taken longer than elsewhere, because they were part of the independent 'Bavarian Group Administration', the only one of its kind in the Reichsbahn. The following sections explain the goods wagon classification schemes in the 3 epochs. == Epoch Ia (1867-92) – the first wagon classification scheme == The first numbering system was introduced in 1867 and used capital letters for the various types of goods wagon as follows: *A = goods vans *B or BD = flat wagons for MOW-work – ''Bahndienstwagen'' *C = vans with steam boilers for train heating – ''Heizwagen'' *D or DW = guards vans for P and G trains – ''Dienstwagen'' *E = open wagons with high sides *F = open wagons with low sides, long *G = open wagons with low sides, short *H = timber trucks *J = luggage vans without guards compt – ''Gepäckwagen'' *K = double-deck livestock vans *L = low-sided open wagons for stone transport *M = peat wagons *N = horse vans *O = cattle wagons, covered or open Photographs indicate that, initially, not all letters were used in their final meaning, but the system was fully developed by 1877 after the nationalization of the Bavarian Ostbahn. It was refined using indices – Roman or Arabic numbers – to designate old wagons built before 1859 or new, longer, vehicles built after 1880. E.g. an A I was an old, 6-wheeled, goods van for a load of 120 cwt whilst an A³ was a 10 m long “modern” van for 15t load (10t was ‘normal’). The owner inscription was K.Bay.Sts.B. with a rather square crowned Bavarian coat of arms (white and blue lozenges). An old-fashioned Antiqua-type was used. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bavarian goods wagon classes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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