SZD1 (DRB2) 2-10-0 No. TE-5973 (52.5973)
Vysoko-Litovsk, Belarus 		Location: Strategic Reserve
Status: Lost
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 SZD Sovetskie Zheleznye Dorogi Soviet Railways
2 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Nov 4, 2023 @ 07:11:55 by Achim
1943 delivery to DRB - Deutsche Reichsbahn [D] "52 5973" 1944 Rental to CFR - Cailor Ferate Române [RO] "52 5973" [located in Arad] 1945 to CFR - Cailor Ferate Române [RO] "52 5973" 1946 to MPS - Ministerstvo putej soobšcenija [SU] "52 5973" 1952 redesignated to "TE-5973" 1984 Renamed to "1042.426-5" 1992 => BC - Belaruskaja Tschyhunka, Minsk [BY] "1042.426-5" [Belarusian Railway Company] 1997 Reported as parked in Vysoko-Litovsk Whereabouts unknown
Posted: May 21, 2022 @ 04:05:07 by Dale W Fickés
Delivered to the DRB as No. 52 5973 in 1973 where it only lasted a couple of years before sequestration by the USSR for use in Bulgaria with the BDŽ as No.15.12 at the end of WW2, although I have this numbered locomotive as a different Class 52 and builder.. It may well have ended up in Belarus. There are several different versions, particularly related to ex Kreisloks and it is doubtful if anyone knows the true factual identities currently.