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1912

534x units were built between 1912-1927 for the German railways and 8x were built in 1926 for the Baghdad railway.  

Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preußische_T_18

1968

The German Federal Railways reclassify their units from this series as Class 078.  

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_T_18

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Latest update on the 13th of January 2022 at 00:01

Contributor(s): Tudor C.

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