Fleischmann 718204 - Steam locomotive class 050, DB

Steam locomotive class 050 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

■ Version with Witte smoke deflectors
■ Finely-detailed wheels with perforated spokes
■ With an authentic clear view between the boiler and the chassis
■ Replicas of of all fittings, also in the driver's cab
■ Box tender type 2‘2‘T26

In the beginning, the steam locomotive was intended to replace the Prussian G 10 in the freight traffic, but by the end of the age of the steam locomotives, class 50 soon became a mixed-traffic locomotive. From 1939 to 1943, 3, 164 locomotives were produced in twenty-one different locomotive factories. After 1945 there remained over 2, 000 locomotives at the German Deutsche Bundesbahn and had to undergo major conversions, also creating various variant models. The locomotives reached a maximum speed of 80 km/h, had a power output of approx. 1, 200 kW and an axle load of 15 t.