88846-BR50 Steam Loco DB

The class 50 units arose as the last of the “so-called” standard design steam locomotives shortly before the beginning of World War II. They quickly became the most successful design of the German State Railroad, because these units with a performance of around 1,600 horsepower and a top speed of 80 km/h / 50 mph were rugged, reliable general-purpose locomotives. The so-called freight train baggage cars, which had to bring along the conductor and possibly one or more brakemen formed a big problem in the Fi