Product Features and Details
Next18 Steam locomotive 01 202 of the Verein Pacific 01 202.
Version as a museum exhibit locomotive
Smoke chamber door with central lock
Elaborate printing on the boiler rings and wheel tires
Additional alternator
Version with open front apron and "Witte" smoke deflectors
Unobstructed view between the boiler and chassis
The express steam locomotive 01 202 is a living piece of engineering history. Built in 1936 by Henschel & Sohn in Kassel for the former Deutsche Reichsbahn, it later entered service with the Deutsche Bundesbahn after World War II, from which it was primarily used in southern Germany. Its final years in active service were spent at the Hof depot, where it frequently operated on the steep gradients of the inclined plane.
On October 2, 1975, the 01 202 arrived in Switzerland. There, it was painstakingly restored to operating condition by Werner Bühlmann of Münsingen, together with a dedicated group of passionate, optimistic volunteers, working in their spare time without pay. Thanks to more than 20 years of continuous effort, the locomotive is now considered the finest operational specimen of the Class 01 and remains in remarkably well-maintained condition. Since 1991, the Pacific 01 202 Association has been responsible for all aspects of the locomotive's maintenance and operation.
