Product Features and Details
Information about the model
From 1951 onwards, the Deutsche Reichsbahn (East German State Railway) planned a long-term modernization of its aging locomotive fleet. Therefore, a construction program was drawn up in 1952, which included seven different new steam locomotive types. Four types from the program were actually built. In the performance class of the former Prussian P 8 and T 18, the Class 65.10 tank locomotive was developed. Its design was based on the two prototype locomotives of the Class 25. Since these, in turn, were based on a design by the Borsig company, the first two locomotives still received Borsig works numbers. Parallel to the test runs of the two prototypes, series production had already begun at the "Karl Marx" locomotive works in Babelsberg. This situation considerably hampered the elimination of design-related "teething problems," which could only be gradually resolved during operation. By 1957, a total of 88 locomotives had been built and delivered to the Reichsbahn. They were particularly common during rush hour with short intervals between stops, as their good acceleration was a major advantage. Their maximum speed was 90 km/h, and their service weight was 113 tons. All locomotives were initially equipped with a superheated steam regulator, which was gradually replaced with saturated steam regulators from mid-1964 onwards. From 1966, the rectangular feedwater heaters were converted to the standard DR design, and the induced draft systems were upgraded to Giesl ejectors with their distinctive flat chimneys. There were hardly any changes to the fleet until 1975. However, between 1976 and 1979, the class was largely withdrawn from service. Only three locomotives used for heating purposes, 65 1008, 1049, and 1057, survived, with 65 1057 currently undergoing a complete restoration to operational condition.
Model details
- 65 1056 as it appeared from 1965 onwards: original chimney; wet steam regulator; old design of the feed lines
- Lighting with maintenance-free LEDs
- Light change white/red
- Drive in the boiler for unobstructed view through the driver's cab
- Built-in sound.
- Engine lighting (Digital EXTRA version)
- Flames (Digital EXTRA Version)
- Cab lighting (Digital EXTRA version)
- Newly designed kinematics of the trailing bogie
- Revised control components
- Revised wheels
- New smoke chamber door with delicate latches
- Wind deflectors with correct corner rounding
- Revised mixing preheater
- Coal bunker without impacts
- Revised framework
- Extended details in the driver's cab
- Rear water tank available in various configurations, with or without tool cabinet
