OeBB1 (DRB2) 2-10-0 No. 52.3438
Koyo Paradise, Shiga, Japan
Location: Nishi Ohtso
Status: Scrapped
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1 OeBB Österreichische Bundesbahnen Austrian Federal Railways
2 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Mar 16, 2023 @ 08:03:25 by Dale W Fickés
Delivered in 07/1943 to DRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn as No. 52 2436, in 1945 being within the Soviet sector of Germany, it first went to the ÖStB - Austrian State Railway, prior to it being split from the DRB then, in 1947 to the ÖBB - Austrian Federal Railways in tge same identity. In 1977 it was withdrawn from service and entered the Srrasshof collection before, in 1978 going as a memorial in front of Hotel am Biwasee, Kyoto Park, Kobe, Japan along with 9 Orient Express cars. However, this monument was dismantled at the end of 2009 and possibly all vehicles were scrapped ?