DR1 (DRG2) 2-10-0 No. 43.001
Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, Sachsen, Germany 		Location: Sächsisches Railway-Museum Society
Status: Display
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 DR Deutsche Reichsbahn German State Railway
2 DRG Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft German Imperial Railways
Posted: Dec 29, 2022 @ 04:12:27 by Dale W Fickés
This was delivered on 19 March 1927 to the DRG - Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft [as No.43 001) and was accepted for traffic early the following month. In February 1937 the company became DRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn, and with whom it served in East Germany following WW2. During May 10, 1958 - June 21, 1959 it was rented to EKO Stahl - VEB Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost, Eisenhüttenstadt [GDR] as a stationary boiler, and to Dairy Hoyerswerda during 1968 ,before withdrawal that November. with final retirement at the end of 1970, going in 01/1971 to VMD - Dresden Transport Museum, Museum Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt. In 1978 it went to Raw Meingingen for conversion to a working locomotive and from July 1998 it worked from DB Museum, Nuremberg, Museum and Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt. In 2000 it went to SEM - Saxon Railway Museum e. V., Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf as No.43 001
Posted: May 6, 2008 @ 13:05:22 by Phil Horton
Ex DR No. 43.001 at Dresden Altstadt depot during the Steam Festival there on 29 April 2000.