The steam locomotives of DR Class 23.10, (from 1 June 1970 Class 35.10) were passenger train engines built for the

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after the

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.Is produced in H0 scale to many train model railway.

History

The Class 23.10 was an evolutionary development by the DR of the

DRG Class 23 The German Class 23 (''Baureihe 23'' or ''BR 23'') engines of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (''DRG'') were standard ('' Einheitslokomotiven'') steam engines that were conceived as a replacement for the Prussian P 8 by the Schichau Works. They were giv ...

standard locomotives or '' Einheitsdampflokomotiven'' built earlier by the

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. Only two of the latter were completed due to the onset of the war. The same dimensions were used for the driving and

running gear In railway terminology the term running gear refers to those components of a railway vehicle that run passively on the rails, unlike those of the driving gear. Traditionally these are the wheels, axles, axle boxes, springs and vehicle frame o ...

, but the locomotives were given ''IfS/DR'' mixer-preheaters, boilers equipped with

combustion chambers A combustion chamber is part of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel/air mix is burned. For steam engines, the term has also been used for an extension of the firebox which is used to allow a more complete combustion process. Interna ...

and a large driver's cab. The

feedwater Boiler feedwater is an essential part of boiler operations. The feed water is put into the steam drum from a feed pump. In the steam drum the feed water is then turned into steam from the heat. After the steam is used it is then dumped to the ma ...

dome was omitted from locomotives numbered 23 1003 and later. The first of 113 units was deployed in 1955, and they were used for light to medium express train services, being allocated numbers 23 1001–1113. With the introduction of EDP numbering on 1 January 1970, all locomotives were re-numbered to 35 1001–1113. The last engines were retired from

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in May 1977, number 35 1113 however had to be reactivated due to the energy crisis and continued in service until 1985. The locomotives were equipped with tenders of Class 2'2' T 28.

Preserved locomotives

Remaining locomotives of this class today include: * 35 1019 ''Lausitzer Dampflokclub

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'', operational * 35 1021

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* 35 1028 in pieces,

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* 35 1074 in pieces, Görlitz * 35 1097 private, at IG 58 3047

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, operational * 35 1113

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, stored at ''IG Dampflok

Literature

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History

Preserved locomotives

See also

Literature