BRAWA 40104 DRG BR56.8 tender 2-8-0 locomotive in black DC

BRAWA 40104 DRG BR56.8 tender 2-8-0 locomotive in black DC
(HO scale 2-rail DC) Tender steam locomotive type BR56.8 of the German Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft in black livery and red frame. In 1894, the Bavarian National Railway Company switched over from freight locomotives with triple couplings to locomotives with four couplings and front axles. E1 class locomotives were produced in different designs according to this construction principle, followed by the G 4/5 N class after 1905 and, from 1915 onwards, Maffei started manufacturing G 4/5 H class locomotives. This fi nal version of the Bavarian 4/5 coupling locomotives was the largest, most powerful and most modern German locomotive with this wheel arrangement. The G 4/5 H corresponded to the Maffei construction principles. It had a slanting four-cylinder engine combined with a fi ligree underframe. The boiler, which operated on the basis of the relatively new superheated steam process that was developed by Schmitt, was extremely effi cient. Thanks to the balanced fourcylinder engine, a maximum speed of 60 km/h could easily be attained despite the compact 1,270 mm size of the driver wheels. The locomotive had considerable tractive power and was able to pull 1,000 tonnes on an 11 % incline at 18 km/h. The 35 fi rst series locomotives that were ordered in spring 1914 were urgently needed in the fi rst world war, and further locomotives followed. At the end of the war, 61 locomotives went to the allied powers and 169 went as 56 801 to 56 1125 (with gaps) to the Deutsche Reichs bahn until they were taken out of service in 1933. In 1939, 5 locomotives were still in existence. Only 2 of them survived the second world war, and they were taken out of service in 1947. Epoch II, bi-directional headlights, Digital ready with 21 pin interface, die cast body and chassis, sprung buffers, length: 210mm.

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