Roco 7120011 - Steam Locomotive 50 849, DR

Steam locomotive 50 849 of the railway company of the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Reichsbahn).

Drive on two axles of the tender and via cardan shaft on all five locomotive driving axles.

■ Design as traditional locomotive from 1979
■ Finely-detailed model with many separately attached plug-in parts
■ With fine metal wheelsets
■ Stationed at Railway Management Dresden, Glauchau depot
■ Retrofittable smoke generator

Locomotive 50 849 was built in 1940 with factory number 16058 by the Krauss-Maffei locomotive works in Munich Allach. After 1945, it remained in the Soviet occupation zone and thus with the railway company of the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Reichsbahn). Finally, after departure from scheduled service, working group 3/75 “Eisenbahntradition” Zwickau, founded in 1979, took over the freight train locomotive. They restored the dilapidated machine back to its visual and technical glory. In 1980, the 50 849 was moved to the traditional park of the DR.
Among the many special train operations, it was also used as a train locomotive for the rolling stock known as the traditional train “Zwickau”. To this day, the fully preserved museum locomotive in running order has its home in the Glauchau locomotive depot and is lovingly cared for there.