DB1 (DRB2) 2-10-0 No. 043 100-7 (44.100)
Sinsheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 		Location: Auto + Technik Museum
Status: Display
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1 DB Deutsche Bundesbahn German Federal Railways
2 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Jan 26, 2023 @ 04:01:27 by
Delivery to, and acceptance by the DRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn as No. 44 100 at the Reichsbahn repair shop Göttingen. It suffered war damage, after which it spent some time/years awaiting repairs, and in 08/1945 fiound itself in the RBGD - Reichsbahn General Directorate of the British Zone of Occupation, Bielefeld , that later became the HVE as the Railway Department into the Transport Administration and, in 07/1949 the newly created DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn in the same identity. In 02/1960 it had a repair shop conversion at Bw Braunschweig to its firing equipment. From 01/1968 it was computerised, becoming No. 043 100-7 and ran until being withdrawn from Bw Rheine in 01/1977, being bought privately in 02/1979 by Eberhard Layher, Eibensbach. In O9/1980 it went to the ATM - Auto & Technik MUSEUM SINSHEIM e. V., Sinsheim where it remains preserved. 02/18/1945 - 02/28/1945 z position 03/01/1945 - 03/31/1945 Shutdown [Locomotive operational] 04/01/1945 - 06/10/1945 z-position [war damage] 08/20/1945 => RBGD - Reichsbahn General Directorate of the British Zone of Occupation, Bielefeld [D] "44 100" [British Occupied Zone Railway Administration] 09/10/1946 => HVE - Main administration of the railways of the American and British occupation area [D] "44 100" [Merger of the railway administrations of the American and British zones of occupation] 12/09/1946 - 12/31/1946 z-position 01/01/1947 - 01/31/1947 shutdown [waiting for repair] 02/07/1947 - 01/15/1949 z-position [then until 02/10/1949 waiting for repair] 09/12/1948 => VfV - administration for traffic of the united economic area [D] "44 100" [Incorporation of the HVE as the Railway Department into the Transport Administration] 07.09.1949 => DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn [D] "44 100" 02/10/1960 - 04/05/1960 Conversion by repair shop Braunschweig [D] [Oil main fired equipment (as part of an L3 investigation)] 01.01.1968 Renamed to "043 100-7" 01.10.1977 z-position [locomotive with tender in Rheine depot.] 10/27/1977 decommissioning [according to author. ZTL 200.2002 Fau 2/1 from 10/06/1977] 12.10.1977 decommissioned [according to author. BD Han 21A M70 Fld] February 22, 1979 to private, Eberhard Layher, Eibensbach [D] "043 100-7" [with sales letter 19.8415] __.09.1980 to ATM - Auto & Technik MUSEUM SINSHEIM e. V., Sinsheim [D] "043 100-7