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TCDD Regions (bölge)

1Istanbul
2Ankara
3Izmir
4Sivas
5Malatya
6Adana
7Afyon

Railway abbreviations

BANPBozanti-Alep-Nissibine et Prolongements
Baghdad RailwaySociété Impériale Ottomane du Chemins de Fer de Baghdad
BDZBulgarski Drzhavni Zeieznizi (Bulgarian State Railways)
CenupCenup Demiryolları (Turkish Southern Railway)
CFFHChemin de fer Franco-Hellenique (Franco-Hellenic Railway)
CFIO BaghdadChemin de fer Impérial Ottomans de Bagdad
CFMBChemins de fer de Moudiana à Brousse
CFOASociété de Chemins de Fer Ottoman d'Anatolie (Anatolian Railway)
CFRCaile Ferate Romane (Rumanian State Railways)
CFSChemins de Fer Syrien (Syrian Railways)
CIOBChemin de fer Impérial Ottoman du Chemins de Fer de Baghdad
COSociété Impériale des Chemins de Fer de la Turquie d'Europe
CNSChemins de fer de Cilicie Nord-Syrie
DBDeutsch Bundesbahn (German State Railways)
DHPDamas Hama et Prolongements
DRBGerman State Railways (Deutsche Reichsbahn)
GWRGreat Western Railways
ISRIraq State Railways
KPEVKöniglish Preussische Eisenbahn Vervatlung (Prussian railways)
ORCOttoman Railway Company
RVRuschuk-Varna Railway
SCPSmyrna Cassaba railway, renamed Chemins de fer Smyrne Cassaba et Prolongements
SEKGreek State Railways (Sidirodromoy Ellinikoy Kratoys)
SNCFSociété Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (French State Railways)
STEGAustro-Hungarian State Railway Co (Osterreichisch-Ungarische Staatseisenbahngeselischaft)
TCDDTürkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları

Other abbreviations

MEFMiddle East Forces (WWI allied forces in Middle East)
RODRailway Operation Division (British Army)
USATCUS Army Transportation Corp

Manufacturer abbreviations

ABAndrew Barclay Sons & Co. Ltd., Kilmarnock, UK
AEAvonside Engine Co. Ltd., Bristol, UK
AEGAllgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany.
AlcoAmerican Locomotive Company, Schenectady, USA
Alco (Cooke)American Locomotive Company, Cooke Works, Schenectady, USA
Alsthomalso Alstom, Société générale de co, France nstructions électriques et mécaniques Alsthom, Belfort, France
AWSir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
BaldwinBaldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA
BatignollesSociété de Construction des Locomotives, Batignolles Paris, France
BBCBrown, Boveri & Cie., Baden, Switzerland.
BgE. E. Baguley Ltd., Burton-on-Trent, UK
BHBlack, Hawthorn & Co. Ltd., Gateshead, UK
BLWBaldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
BMLes Ateliers de constructions du Nord de la France, Blanc-Misseron, France
BMAGBerliner Maschinenbau AG (vormals L. Schwartzkopff), Berlin, Germany
BorsigA.Borsig, Berlin, Germany. (1841-1931); Borsig Lokomotiv-Werke GmbH, Berlin, Germany. (1931-1944)
BP / Beyer PeacockBeyer, Peacock & Co.Ltd., Gorton Foundry, Manchester, UK.
BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd., Smethwick, UK
BredaErnesto Breda, Milano, Italia
BrooksBrooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, New York, USA
Bucharest23rd August Works, Bucharest, Roumania
CailJ. F. Cail & Cie, Later Société Française de Construction Mécanique, ancien établissement Cail, Denain, France
CanCanada Works, Birkenhead, Canada
CKDCeskomoravská Kolben Danek A Sp., Prague, Czechoslovakia.
CLCorpet Louvet & Cie, La Courneuve, Seine, France
ClaytClayton Equipment Co. Ltd., Derby, UK
CockerillSociété pour l’Exploitation des Établissements John Cockerill, Seraing, Belgium
Corpet-LouvetCorpet Louvet et Cie, La Courneuve, Paris, France
CouilletSociété Anonyme des Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut, Couillet, Belgium
CreusotSchneider et Cie, Le Creusot, France
CreweCrewe Works, LMSR (previously LNWR), UK
CumminsCummins Engine Company , Columbus, Illinois, USA
DavenportDavenport Locomotive Works, Iowa, USA
DCThe Drewry Car Co. Ltd., London, UK
DecauvilleSA Decauville, Corbeil, Paris, France
DerbyDerby Works, LMSR, UK
DeutzKidckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Köln, Germany
Dick, KerrDick, Kerr & Co. Ltd, Britannia Works, Kilmarnock, UK
DUEWAGDüsseldorfer Waggonfabrik AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
EEThe English Electric Co. Ltd., Preston & Rugby, UK
ELMSEskisehir Locomotive Works (TCDD), Eskisehir, Turkey. Now named Tülomsas
EnergieSociété Energie, Marcinelle-Charleroi, Belgium
EsslingenMaschinenfabrik Esslingen, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.
Esslingen SaronnoConstruzioni Mechanishe Sarrono (Italian sub of Essligen), Italy
FairbairnW. Fairbairn & Sons, Manchester, UK
FBSociété Franco Belge, La Croyere & Raismes, France
FiatFiat, Torino, Italia
Fives Lille,Compagnie de Fives-Lille pour Contruction Mecaniques et Entreprises, Fives, France
FlorWiener Lokomotivfabrik AG., Wien-Floridsdorf, Austria.
Ganz MGanz-Mavag, Budapest
Ganz-HunsletGanz-Hunslet, Budapest, Hungaria
GCRGorton Works, Great Central Railway, UK
GECGeneral Electric Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
GM / GM EMDGeneral Motors, Electro Motive Division, La Grange, Illinois USA
GmdCarl Kaelble und Gmeinder GmbH & Co., Germany. (f. Gmeinder & Co.GmbH)
GMDGeneral Motors, Diesel Division, London, Ontario, USA
GouinEtablissement Gouin, Paris (became Batignolles in 1871), France
HanomagHannovershe Maschinenbau AG, Hannover, Germany
HartmannSichsische Maschinenfabrik vorm. Rich. Hartmann AG, Chemnitz, Germany
HCHudswell, Clarke & Co. Ltd., Leeds, UK
HenschelHenschel & Sohn, Then Thyssen Henschel, Kassel, Germany
HLR. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
HohHohenzollern AG für Lokomotivbau, Düsseldorf, Germany
HSTPSA des Forges, Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
HumboldtMaschinenbau Anstalt Humboldt, Köln Kalk, Germany
JenbachJenbacher Verke, Jenbach, Austria
JFJohn Fowler & Co. Ltd., Leeds, UK
jungArn. jung Lokomotivfabrik GmbH, jungenthal
Kerr Stuart / KSKerr, Stuart & Co. Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent, UK
KitsonKitson & Co., Leeds, UK
KoechlinLokomotivfabrik André Koechlin & Cie, Mulhouse, France
KolomnaKolomna Locomotive Works, Kolomna, Russia
KoncarKoncar, Zagreb, Croatia
Krauss LLokomotivfabrik Krauss & Co., Linz am Donau, Austria.
Krauss MLokomotivfabrik Krauss & Co., München, Germany.
Krauss-MaffeiKrauss-Maffei AG, Munich, Germany
KruppFried. Krupp Maschinenfabriken Essen, Essen, Germany
La MeuseSA des Ateliers de Construction de la Meuse, Liège, Belgium.
LEWVEB Lokomotivbau-Elektrotechnische Werke "Hans Beimler", Hennigsdorf, Germany
LHWLinke-Hofmann-Werke, Breslau, Germany
LimaLima Locomotive Works, Lima, Ohio, USA
Linke HoffmannLinke-Hoffmann-Busch, Salzgitter, Germany.
MacoMaterial y Construcciones, Valencia, Spain
MaffeiJ.A. Maffei AG, Munich, Germany
MaKMaschinenbau-AG Kiel, Kiel, Germany. (1948-1959)
Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH, Kiel, Germany. (1959- )
MANMaschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg AG, Augsburg, Germany
MasonMason Machine Works, Taunton, Massachusetts
MavagMagyar Allami Vas-, Acel es Gépgyarak, Budapest
MBAMaschinenbau und Bahnbedarf AG, Berlin
MeyerR.Meyer AG., Muhlheim/Ruhr
MLWMontreal Locomotive Works, Montreal, Canada.
MoyseGaston Moyse, La Courneuve, France
MWManning, Warile & Co. Ltd., Hunsiet, Leeds, UK
NBLNorth British Locomotive Co Ltd, Glasgow, UK
NeilsonNeilson and Co, Glasgow, UK.
NohabNydquist & Holm AB, Trollhattan, Sweden
NWNasmyth, Wilson & Co. Ltd., Manchester, UK
OKOrenstein & Koppel, Berlin-Drewitz, Germany. (1898-1938)
Maschinenbau und Bahnbedarf AG, Berlin, Germany. (1938-1945)
Orenstein-Koppel und Lübecker Maschinenbau AG, Dortmund-Dorstfeld, Germany. (1950- )
PeckettPeckett & Sons Ltd., Bristol, UK
ResitaUzinele de Fier si Domeniile din Resita Societate Anonima Resita, Romania. (later: Combinatul Metalurgic)
RHRuston & Hornsby Ltd., Lincoln, UK
RSRobert Stephenson & Co ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Darlington, UK
RSHRobert Stephenson & Hawthorn ltd, Newcastle and Darlington, UK
RWHR. & W. Hawthorn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
SACMSociété Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques, Graffenstaden and Belfort, France
SaronnoConstruzioni Meccaniche Saronno (Italian subsidiary of Esslingen)
SFCMSociété Française de Construction Mécanique, ancien établissement Cail, Denain, France
SCF VerneySociété de construction Ferroviaire Verney, Le Mans, France
SchalkeGewerkschaft Schalker Eisenhütte, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
SchichauF. Schichau Maschinen- und Lokomotivfabrik GmbH, Elbing, Germany
SchneiderSchneider & Cie., Le Creusot, France.
SchömaChristoph Schöttler Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Diepholz, Germany.
SchwBerliner Maschinenbau-Actien-Gesellschaft (vormals L.Schwartzkopff), Berlin, Germany.
SentSentinel Waggon Works Ltd., Shrewsbury, UK
Sharp StewartSharp Stewart & Co Ltd, Manchester and Glasgow, UK
SimplexMotor Rail Ltd, Simplex Works, Bedford, UK
ŠkodaŠkoda Werk, Plzen, Czechoslovakia
SLMSchweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik, Winterthur, Switzerland.
SMTESociété de Matériel de Traction Electrique, France
SMZStrojárske a Metalurgié Závody, Dubnica, Czechoslavakia.
SSWSiemens-Schuckert-Werke, Berlin, Germany.
StLSA des Ateliers St Léonard, Liège, Belgium
SwindonSwindon works, Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK
SWSSchweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich
TETraction Export (French marketing consortium)
ThiriauSA des Ateliers du Thiriau, La Croyare, Berlgium
ToshibaToshiba Japan
TubizeLes Ateliers Metallurgiques, Nivelles, Tubize et Sambres, Belgium
TüdensasTürkiye Demiryolu Makinalari Sanayii, Sivas, Turkey
TülomsasTürkiye Locomotiv Sanayii, Eskisehir, Turkey (formerly ELMS)
TüvasasTürkiye Vagon Sanayii Adapazari, Turkey
UerdingenWagonfabrik Uerdingen, Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany
UnimogMercedes-Benz, Stuttgart, Germany.
(Road/rail unit, based of the MB Unimog tractor)
VFVulcan Foundry Ltd, Newton-le-Willows, UK
VIWVulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
VorVoroshilovgrad Works, USSR
VulcanStettiner Maschinenbau-Aktiengeselischaft Vulcan, Stettin-Bredow, Germany
WBW. G. Bagnall Ltd, Stafford, UK
WienWiener Lokomotivfabrik-AG, Wien-Floridsdorf, Austria
Wiener NeustadtActien-Gesellschaft der Lokomotiv-Fabrik vormals G.Sigl, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
WLCWhitcomb Locomotive Company, Rochelle, Illinois, USA
WNAG der Lokomotiv-Fabrik vormals G. Sigi, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
YECYorkshire Engine Company, Sheffield, UK