Steam Locomotive Information

Here are the notes for DR (DRB) No. 03.2243-8 (03.243), a 4-6-2 located in Sonneberg, Thuringen. If you have additional information about this locomotive, and would like to share it, click the Add Note button.

Posted: Oct 3, 2023 @ 06:10:03 by Achim
Locomotive dismantled. The frame is located in Locomotive Depot Sonneberg (Thuringia). 50.35430079427899, 11.173163163795646 The boiler is located in the Meiningen locomotive works.

Posted: Jun 22, 2022 @ 16:06:16 by ILFORD
In September 2018, only the boiler existed.

Posted: Jun 22, 2022 @ 12:06:38 by Dale W Fickés
Originally ordered by, but probably delivered to the DRB as No. 03 243 which later succeeded into the emerging DR following WW2. It was, in 1967 re-built as a Rekolok from parts of the former No. 22 067, emerging as No. 03 2243-8 and ended up as a Stationary boiler at a hospital in Saalfeld using agricultural waste, before an attempt at preservation, from a group in Meiningen, was made in 1994. It is believed the locomotive is still here under restoration


DR (DRB) 4-6-2 No. 03.2243-8 (03.243) Sonneberg, Thuringen, Germany	Location: Locomotive Depot Status: Dismantled