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Märklin - 88053 - Locomotive, Steam, 2-6-8, Epoch II - Deutsche Reichsbahn - 53 001

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BrandMärklin
Stock Number88053
ManufacturerMärklin
Body StyleMärklin Locomotive Steam Class 53
PrototypeLocomotive, Steam, 2-6-8, Epoch II
Road or Company NameDeutsche Reichsbahn (Details)
Reporting MarksDRG
Road or Reporting Number53 001
Paint Color(s)Black and Red
Print Color(s)White
Paint SchemeClub Member Car
Coupler TypeMarklin
Wheel TypeNickel
Release Date2007-01-01
Item CategoryLocomotive
Model TypeSteam
Model Subtype2-6-8
Model VarietyClass 53



Specific Item Information: Heavy freight locomotive, planned as the German State Railroad Company (DRG) class 53.0. Study for a prototype by the builder Borsig-Werke in Berlin, with the addition of a condensation tender from Henschel in Kassel. Mallet design with high and low pressure cylinders. Version for long runs, with a boiler water recovery system in the tender.
Road Name History:
The Deutsche Reichsbahn, also known as the German Reich Railway or the German Imperial Railway, was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I.

The company was founded in 1920 as the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen when the Weimar Republic, formally known as Deutsches Reich (German Reich, hence the usage of the Reich in the name of the railway), took national control of the German railways, which had previously been run by the German states. In 1924 it was reorganised under the aegis of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), a nominally private railway company, which was 100% owned by the German state. In 1937 the railway was reorganised again as a state authority and given the name Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRB). After the Anschluss in 1938 the DR also took over the Bundesbahn Osterreich (BBO, Federal Railway of Austria).

The East and West German states were founded in 1949. East Germany took over the control of the DR on its territory and continued to use the traditional name Deutsche Reichsbahn, while the railway in West Germany became the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB, German Federal Railway). The Austrian Osterreichische Bundesbahnen (OBB, Austrian Federal Railways) was founded in 1945, and was given its present name in 1947.

In January 1994, following the German union, the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn merged with the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn to form Germany's new national carrier, Deutsche Bahn AG, technically no longer a government agency but still a 100% state-owned joint stock company.
Brand/Importer Information:
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Item created by: CNW400 on 2022-08-08 09:57:57

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