rather later than in the West. In 1970, the DR renumbered its locomotives in order to conform to new computerised data standards. On 3 October 1990, the GDR states acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany. Initially the two railway administrations continued to operate separately, albeit with increasing cooperation, and in 1994 they were merged to form the new Deutsche Bahn. See also Breitspurbahn Deutsche Reichsbahn service ranks DRG locomotive classification DRG locomotive types German steam locomotive classification List of DRG locomotives and railcars Rail transport in Germany Railway sabotage during World War II Shoah (film) Transportation in Germany Bahnschutzpolizei References Sources Roland Beier, Hans Sternhart: Deutsche Reichsbahn in Österreich 1938–1945 (–1953). Internationales Archiv für Lokomotivgeschichte Vol 14, Slezak, Wien, 1999, Alfred C. Mierzejewski: The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich: A History of the German National Railway. Vol 1: 1920–1932, Chapel Hill und London, The University of North Carolina Press 1999 Vol 2: 1933–1945, Chapel Hill und London, The University of North Carolina Press 2000 Lothar Gall and Manfred Pohl: Die Eisenbahn in Deutschland. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Verlag C. H. Beck, Munich, 1999 External links Law on the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (Reichsbahn law) By-laws of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft Law on the reorganization of the circumstances of the Reichsbank and the Deutsche Reichsbahn History of rail transport in Germany Defunct railway companies of Germany Railway companies established in 1920 Railway companies disestablished in 1949 Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft locomotives 1949 disestablishments in Germany Companies involved in the Holocaust German companies established in 1920