Product Features and Details
Steam locomotive 50 2146 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Drive on two axles of the tender and via a cardan shaft to all five driving axles of the locomotive.
- 3-dome boiler version with Witte smoke deflectors
- Chassis in reddish-brown paintwork
- Lamps with grab bars on the front buffer beam
- Version with a new tender
- With fine metal wheel sets
- Based in Dresden Rbd, Zwickau depot
In eastern Germany, the Class 50 played a key role for longer than in the west. In terms of numbers, comparatively few locomotives remained in the Soviet occupation zone at the end of the war - 354.
Over time, different locomotive-tender combinations emerged. After their retirement, the new tenders of the 23.10 and 50.40 series were increasingly used behind the older 50 series. However, because they lacked a continuous rear wall, this combination was not particularly popular with the crew, especially in winter.
