Steam Locomotive BR 53.8 DRG
- Boiler and chassis in die-cast zinc
- Metal spoked wheels
- Free-standing lanterns and steps
- Spring buffers
- Driver‘s cab with complete interior fitting
- True-to-epoch lighting
- Filigree reversing gear
- Brake shoes in wheel plane
- Train driver an fireman in driver‘s cab
- Metal reversing gear
- Fine-engraved rivets
- Finest paintwork and printing
Year of construction: 1890
Lenght: 14,1 m
Velocity: 45 km/h
Service weight: 39,7 t
Of the 125 engines of class Fc delivered to Württemberg, 65 were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft and reclassified as series 53.8. The Prussian engines were produced in large numbers and soon made advances in south-west German depots, but decreasing demand due to the worldwide economic crisis quickly depleted the stock. The last locomotives of the BR 53.8 were decommissioned and disassembled at the end of the 1920s. They also included 53 850, which did service in Rottweil.
