Their names were derived from the animal kingdom, geographical features (rivers, mountains and towns) as well as people.
In 1872 an attempt was made to organise the sequence of numbers within locomotive classes.
Initially shunting locomotives began to be allocated numbers starting at 500.
As this threshold was soon reached by the normal vehicle fleet, locomotives were given numbers in the 600s and later in the 1000s.
Baden's electric locomotives were for the Wiesental and Wehratal railways, electrified on 13 September 1913.
Baden railcars were included in the register of passenger coaches and luggage vans, that were also grouped into classes.