Express Train Locomotive S 2/6 Pfalzbahn
Road no.: 3201
Delivery date: Q II 2012
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- Fully mobile tender bogie
- Link guide between locomotive and tender
- 5-pole skew-wound motor with 2 flywheel drives
- True-to-scale lenght over buffer
- Train driver an fireman in driver's cab
- Finest metal spoked wheels
Fastest German Steam Locomotive
Year of construction: 1906
Lenght: 21,18 m
Velocity: 154,5 km/h
Service weight: 83,4 t
PS: 2203
kW: 1620
The Pfalz region has been part of the Kingdom of Bavaria since 1816. In the Pfalz, however, the state left the construction of railways to private enterprise. In 1909, the State of Bavaria took over the Pfalz railways and renamed them the “Bavarian State Railway – Left Rhine-Bank Network“ although they initially retained their independence for a while. For many years, the Pfalzbahn used doublecoupled express-train locomotives on its track sections. The flat landscapes of the Rhine Valley offer the perfect conditions for these locomotives – flat terrain, few stops and high speeds. The Bavarian class S 2/6 was perfect for this operating concept. That‘s why it was transferred to Ludwigshafen in 1910 after a short period in Munich.
