DB1 (DRB2) 2-8-2 No. 41.018 (042 018-2)
München, Bayern, Germany
Location: Dampflok-Gesellschaft München
Status: Operational
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 DB Deutsche Bundesbahn German Federal Railways
2 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Jan 26, 2023 @ 04:01:07 by Dale W Fickés
Delivery to, and acceptence by the DRB - Deutches Reichsbahn as No. 41 018 in O7/1939 that, at the end of WW2 in 1945 bacame RBGD - Reichsbahn General Directorate of the British Occupation Zone, Bielefeld, the organisation eventually becoming the HVE as the Railway Department into the Transport Administration. In 07/1949 the locomotive joined the newly created DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn in West Germany, being modified during 1961 at Bw Braunschweig with a new superheated boiler, Henschel No. 29937/1961), It was computerised in 1970 as No. 042 018-2 and ran until 09/1976, then withdrawn and went to interest group 41 018 e. V., München, Germany that became the DGM - Dampflok-Gesellschaft München e. V., München, Bayern, Deutschland; the locomotive as No. 41 018.