The
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
s of DR Class 23.10, (from 1 June 1970 Class 35.10) were passenger train engines built for the
Deutsche Reichsbahn in
East Germany
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after the
Second World War
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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 ''
Einheitsdampflokomotive The Einheitsdampflokomotiven ("standard steam locomotives"), sometimes shortened to ''Einheitslokomotiven'' or ''Einheitsloks'', were the standardized steam locomotives built in Germany after 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gese ...
n'' built earlier by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. 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
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, but the locomotives were given ''IfS/DR'' mixer-preheaters,
boilers
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equipped with
combustion chambers 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
Nossen 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
Cottbus'', operational
* 35 1021
Eisenbahn & Technik Museum Rügen,
Prora
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* 35 1028 in pieces,
Röbel
Röbel () is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Müritz, 25 km north of Wittstock, and 27 km southwest of Waren. It is pa ...
/
Müritz
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* 35 1074 in pieces,
Görlitz
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* 35 1097 private, at IG 58 3047
Glauchau, operational
* 35 1113
DB Museum
The Nuremberg Transport Museum (') is based in Nuremberg, Germany, and consists of the Deutsche Bahn's own DB Museum and the Museum of Communications ('). It also has two satellite museums at Koblenz-Lützel (the '' DB Museum Koblenz'') and Hall ...
, stored at ''IG Dampflok
Nossen''
See also
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Neubaulok
The German term ''Neubaulokomotive'' () specifically refers to those steam locomotives which were newly designed and built, either for the Deutsche Bundesbahn in West Germany or the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, after the Second World War.
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DB Class 23
Literature
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