DB1 (DRB2) 2-10-0 No. 051 446-3 (50.1446)
Hermeskeil, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany 		Location: Dampflokmuseum Hermeskeil
Status: Display
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1 DB Deutsche Bundesbahn German Federal Railways
2 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Mar 6, 2023 @ 09:03:36 by Dale W Fickés
Delivery to, and acceptance by tyevDRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn in 06/1941 as No. 50 1446 which, in 08/1945 near the conclusion of WW2 found itself in the RBGD -Reichsbahn General Directorate of the British Zone of Occupation, Bielefeld, later to become the HVE - Main administration of the railways of the American and British occupation area, later the Department into the Transport Administration that became, in 1949 the DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn. In 1968 the locomotive was renumbered as 051 446-3 and in 1964 was calledvinto Aw Bremen for replacement boiler, previously carried by No. 50 033, then working until 06/1976 and being withdrawn from Bw Saarbrücken. In 10/1977 it went privately to Heinz-Friederich Klarner, Völklingen, Germany as No. 50 1446 and subsequently stored at St.Wendel Steam Locomotive Museum, before going to the Hermeskeil Steam Locomotive Museum.