Product Features and Details
Series 52 locomotives, a version of the class 50 which had been simplified due to wartime conditions, were built in large numbers from 1942 onwards. In this version, all non-essential parts were eliminated and the design was further modified to allow as simple a production procedure as possible. After the end of the war, those locomotives which remained in use in various countries and states were taken into the rolling stock inventories of the respective railway administrations and many of the simplified components were gradually replaced by higher-quality parts.
