Product Features and Details
Steam locomotive 150.Y.16 of the French State Railways.
Drive on two axles of the tender and via cardan shaft to all five driving axles of the locomotive.
- For the first time in black/green livery
- Variant with disc leading wheel
- With fine spoked metal wheels
- Driving and coupling rods made of investment cast metal
- Z21 driver's cab available
In 1943/44, over 100 Class 52 locomotives were built at the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (SACM) locomotive factory in Graffenstaden near Strasbourg. In 1945/46, a further 17 locomotives were added for the SNCF. There, the Class 52 was designated 150 Y. A special feature of the locomotives was their shorter chimney, which allowed them to comply with the French loading gauge. The 150 Y locomotives hauled both heavy freight and passenger trains in the SNCF's Eastern Region. They remained in service there until the end of the 1950s.
