Class 06 Steam Locomotive

It was the right locomotive for a conceivably bad period in time: In 1939 the German State Railroad presented the two streamlined giants road numbers 06 001 and 06 002. Equipped with four driving axles, these impressive express locomotives reached a performance of over 3,500 horsepower. Due to World War II, these two classy runners remained as one-of-a-kind units, which the German Federal Railroad wanted to de-streamline like the famous class 05 and equip with a new boiler. In the end the decision was taken for economic reasons to scrap both class 06 units. These extraordinary steam giants would have had what it takes after correcting for teething problems to become real super power locomotives in the economic miracle period. What remained denied to the real life prototype, has been perfectly realized in the small scale by our team using drawings from the archives. The result is an impressive and finely detailed unit (06 002), which is at home in a fictitious Hamm model maintenance facility. The dream of a mighty DB express steam locomotive is finally a real success story on a model railroad.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) express steam locomotive, road number 06 002. In a prototypical version without streamlining, with a type 2´3 T38 coal tender, dual headlights, Witte smoke deflectors, and an inductive magnet on one side. The locomotive was based in Hamm. It looks as it did in 1952.