"Saxon Pride" Class 19.0 Steam Locomotive

The Saxon Pride – a Truly Impressive Locomotive The Saxons are a small but fine group of people, and they have built a reputation for doing things rather well on their own. Naturally, this one time kingdom had its own state railroad. Shortly before World War I, it ordered one of the most powerful steam locomotives of that time from the Saxon Machinery Company in Chemnitz. With four powered axles, a performance of 1,800 horsepower, and a service weight of 162 metric tons, it was a truly mighty express train that could play its trump cards especially in the Saxon hill country. Between 1918 and 1923 delivery was taken of 23 units. The new German State Railroad even ordered the last production run. Several of the power houses designated as the class 19.0 even ran initially in Swabian areas. These elegant and massive units were soon known as the "Saxon Pride" and proved themselves best in their homeland. After 1945 the subsequent GDR State Railroad could not do without the "Nineteens", and it had numerous units extensively overhauled and in some cases even redesigned. In 1958 regular scheduled use of these locomotives ended. Decades of heavy express train service had taken its toll. In the small scale the "Saxon Pride" is now coming back as a Märklin locomotive. This finely detailed and technically intricate model will surely soon attract a lot of attention as the "Märklin Pride" in the world of model railroading.

Prototype: "Saxon Pride" (Saxon class XX HV) class 19.0 express train steam locomotive, with a type 2´2 T31 Saxon coal tender. German State Railroad GDR (DR/GDR). Large smoke deflectors included. Locomotive road number 19 016. The locomotive looks as it did in Era IIIa, beginning of the Fifties.