Lokomotivbau 'Karl Marx' - Die Lokschmiede der DDR in Babelsberg
Potsdam, just outside Berlin, with the district of Babelsberg, is not only well-known for its traditional film studio, but also for its locomotive construction under the brand name "Locomotives from Babelsberg".
Founded in 1899 as a branch of the Märkische Lokomotivfabrik Orenstein & Koppel, after the Second World War, with the division of Germany, it became a state-owned enterprise with the approval of the Soviet Military Administration. Initially run as the "Lokomotivfabrik Karl-Marx Babelsberg", in 1951, with the merger of the locomotive and wagon factories under the umbrella of the Association of State-Owned Locomotive and Wagon Construction Companies of the GDR (VEB LOWA), it became the "Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg" company.
This volume documents the reconstruction and early activities of the state-owned company, the construction of field and mine locomotives, fireless locomotives, narrow-gauge steam locomotives and the like.
Irrepeatable snapshots show the workers at their workplaces handling a variety of machines and equipment, at the lathes and milling machines, during the water pressure test of steam cylinders, as well as during locomotive assembly.
The look back behind the scenes of this famous locomotive forge is characterized by a good portion of the color of a bygone era.
Product details
| Author: | Udo Kandler |
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| Details: | 112 pages, 21 x 29.5 x 1.7 cm / 8.25 x 11.6 x 0.67 in, hardback |
| Illustrations: | 188 b&w and colour photos |
| Publisher: | EK-Verlag GmbH (D, 2018) |
| ISBN: | 9783844662245 |
Lokomotivbau 'Karl Marx' - Die Lokschmiede der DDR in Babelsberg
Language: German
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