Background
In the early 1960s the narrow gauge railways of Baden-Württemberg were still operated by 13 outdated steam locomotives. To enable their withdrawal, and to continue operations on the 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge railways the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg subsidised the production of diesel locomotives by the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
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