Roco 7120013 H0 steam locomotive 31001 from KWStE
Steam locomotive 31001 of the Royal Wuerttemberg State Railways.Drive on two axles of the tender and via cardan shaft on all three driving axles of the locomotive.The beginning of the 20 th century was the time when the railway had grown well out of its infancy and entered its time as the first mass transport system. Back then, the first locomotives in series 310 were delivered by the locomotive factory Floridsdorf to the imperial royal Austrian state railways (kStB). With its massive four-cylinder composite engine, the more than 2.10 meter high powered and coupled wheels, crowned by a powerful boiler, it is considered by many railway enthusiasts to be Austria's most beautiful steam locomotive.The locomotive developed by engineer Dr. h.c. Karl Goelsdorf and most influential in the construction of Austrian steam locomotives quickly aroused interest in the neighboring railway companies. In keeping with the tradition of testing newly developed machines at friendly state railways, it is quite conceivable that a comparison with the beautiful Wuerttemberg was also drawn. To complement this history, the machine was also wrapped in the matching paint dress of the Royal Wuerttemberg state railways.This text is machine translated.