The two-cylinder engines of the series 01 are considered the first express train locomotives, which were developed according to the unit construction program The first construction lots were equipped with front wheels of 800 mm diameter and approved for 120 km/h. From 01 102 onwards, the gauge wheels of 1,000 mm and reinforced brakes were used, enabling the maximum speed permitted to be increased to 130 km/h. The DR retained its original design with the large Wagner smoke deflectors and the air and feed pumps in the smoke chamber niches after World War 2.After the war, the locomotive 01 226 remained with the railway company of the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Reichsbahn). After conversion to EDP numbering scheme, the machine was resigned in 01 2226-7 and was in service until 1973.This text is machine translated.
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The locomotive 01 150 delivered Henschel & Sohn in Kassel with factory number 22698 in 1935. She earned her coals initially in hard use on the middle mountain ranges in Hesse and Thuringia â from Bebra. She remained faithful to her Hessian homeland...
When the Federal Republic of Germany returned to purchasing new steam locomotives after the war, the designs submitted by four locomotive factories included that for the new 23 series. Based on the two unit locomotives of the same series from 1941, they...
In Austria, 113 locomotives of the 52 series remained after the end of the war. The last specimens were retired in 1976 and were among the last steam locomotives on the normal track network of the Austrian Federal Railways.This text is machine translated.