5237 x 3402 px | 44,3 x 28,8 cm | 17,5 x 11,3 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. Mai 2010
Ort:
Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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The steam locomotives of DB Class 10 were express train locomotives with the Deutsche Bundesbahn in Germany after the Second World War. They were nicknamed 'Black Swans' ('schwarze Schwäne') as a result of their elegant shape. These newly-designed locomotives were built by the firm of Krupp and delivered to the DB in 1957. The two examples of this class were given operating numbers 10 001 and 10 002. They had originally been seen as a replacement for the DRG Class 01 and Class 01.10. However as a result of their late delivery, high axle load of over 22 tonnes (which restricted its use to only a few routes) and structural changes to rail operations, this plan did not come to fruition. Both engines were designed to greatly reduce maintenance and repair costs. They had a conical smokebox door and partial streamlining which protected the cylinders from dirt and from cooling too rapidly and, at the same time, was supposed to reduce wind resistance. The fully welded boiler was the same as the newly-designed one used to re-equip the DRG Class 01.10 from 1953. 10 001 is the sole survivor of only two built and was taken out of service in June 1968, and may be viewed at the German Steam Locomotive Museum (Deutsche Dampflokomotiv-Museum) in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg.
