Many people get often mistaken between the "Reichbahn" and "Banschutz".
The Banschutz were a very small para-military unit under the supervision of the Reichban.
The Reichban was indeed one of the largest organization in the Third Reich but not the Bahnschutz.
The Bahnschutz were eventually taken over by the SS in 1942.
The Reichbahn personel were not permitted to wear the any of the Railway leader dagger ( 1st or 2nd ). Only the Banschutz were entitled to wear the dagger.
The Bahnschutz were believed to be no more than 4500 men, which makes it the smallest para-military unit in the Third Reich era.
In any case, the Bahnschutzpolizei is not readily understood since there is no english reference book on the subject.
It just makes it more "appealing" to research. Wink