The Baden Class IX b were German rack railway steam locomotives with the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways, whose cogwheel drive was designed for running on track with a Riggenbach rack system.

The locomotive was produced in two sub-classes, which were designated as IX b¹ and IX b².
In 1925 they were grouped by the Deutsche Reichsbahn

Deutsche Reichsbahn

Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...

 as DRG Class 97.2 within their renumbering plan

DRG renumbering plan for steam locomotives

In 1922 the Deutsche Reichsbahn began to develop a renumbering plan to standardize the numbering of steam locomotives that had been taken over from the state railways . Its basis was the corresponding DRG classification system....

. The engines were employed on the Höllentalbahn in the Black Forest

Black Forest

The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....

 until they were eventually and later replaced by DRG Class 85

DRG Class 85

The Class 85 was a German goods train tank engine and standard locomotive with the Deutsche Reichsbahn.- History :In 1931, the DRG ordered ten locomotives from the firm of Henschel that were taken into the fleet as numbers 85 001–010. The Class 85 was intended for hauling passenger and goods trains...

locomotives.

Literature

• Lokomotiv-Archiv Baden, Hermann Lohr, Georg Thielmann, transpress Berlin, ISBN 3-344-00210-4, 1988.

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany