DB1 (DRB2) 2-10-0 No. 052.838 (50.2838)
Tuttlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 		Location: Deutsches Dampflokmuseum Tuttlingen
Status: Display
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1 DB Deutsche Bundesbahn German Federal Railways
2 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Oct 21, 2023 @ 09:10:11 by Achim
1943 delivery to DRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn ] "50 2838 ÜK" ; 08/01/1945 D.O.C.F. - Détachement d Occupation des Chemins de Fer Français, Speyer "50 2838" ; [higher railway supervisory authority of the French-occupied zone]; 08/30/1947 SWDE - Works Association of the Southwest German Railways, Speyer "50 2838" ; 12/18/1951 DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn "50 2838"; 1964 conversion by AW Bremen [Replacement of the boiler made of non-aging-resistant St 47 K steel with a St 34 boiler (Henschel 28296/1944), replacement boiler was previously installed in 52 143]; 1968 redesignated to "052 838-0"; June 11, 1976 decommissioned; September 8, 1976 to private, Werner Girrbach, Ötisheim; 1976 to 198x parked at the Crailsheim depot and from 198x to 199x at the Wilferdingen-Singen depot; 1993 "50 2838" in the German Steam Locomotive and Model Railway Museum, Tuttlingen
Posted: Mar 21, 2022 @ 06:03:58 by Dale W Fickés
This locomotive was delivered to the DRG as Kreislok No. 50 2838, through to DB in late 1949 becoming, along with computerisation, No. 52 838-0. It was withdrawn from Bw Crailsheim in 1976 but took several years for it to be preserved, first privately in 1983 at Wilferdingen then, in 1994, by EBM Tuttlingen (minus its computer check-digit!
Posted: Jan 27, 2022 @ 02:01:09 by Brian Garvin
This loco still exists along with 25 other. This loco was DB 50 2838 becoming 052 838 in 1968. Yes it is KM 16355. It was a Crailsheim loco.
Posted: Jan 26, 2022 @ 15:01:13 by Douglas Bailey
I have sent an email to the museum inquiring about this locomotive. Will post anything that I receive.
Posted: Jan 26, 2022 @ 15:01:18 by Douglas Bailey
E-mailed the museum to inquire about this locomotive.
Posted: Jan 26, 2022 @ 11:01:10 by Dale W Fickés
If extant, it was built by Krauss-Maffei.