DR1 (DRB2) 2-10-0 No. 52.8187-8 (52.2626)
Falkenberg (Elster), Brandenburg, Germany
Location: Bernd Falz
Status: Display
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 DR Deutsche Reichsbahn German State Railway
2 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Mar 18, 2023 @ 08:03:52 by Dale W Fickés
Delivered to the DRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn as No. 52 2626 that, after WW2 joined the newly created DR - Deutsche Reichsbahn of the DDR in the same identity. In 1967 it was called into their Raw Stendal for reconstruction with a hcombustion chamber boiler (SKL Magdeburg 34137/1967), mixing preheater type IfS/DR and axle bearing adjusting wedges, emerging as No.52 8187 that when computerised in 1970 became No. 52 8187-8 and continued working until 09/1986, but not withdrawn until 97/1991 from Bw Angermünde, from where it went into the Bernd Falz Steam Collection, firth in Basdorf 1996-2001; then at Jüterbog-Alters 1996-2001; and lastly since 2001 in Falkenberg Elster.