Steam locomotive 051 494 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
Drive on two axles of the tender and via cardan shaft on all five driving axles of the locomotive.
■ With cab tender
■ Version with Witte smoke deflectors
■ Finely detailed model with many separately attached plug-in parts
■ Fine metal wheel sets
■ Smoke generator can be retrofitted
The Class 50, arguably the most important DB steam locomotive of the 1950s/60s with many design variants, had proven itself at the time for almost all train types on main and branch lines. More than 60 major variants ultimately ensured that hardly any Class 50 looked exactly identical to its sister locomotive. The 1'E freight train locomotives, around 3,100 of which were built from 1939 onwards, were considered robust, powerful, easy to maintain and extremely reliable. After 1945, over 2,000 locomotives remained with the Deutsche Bundesbahn. The locomotives reached a top speed of 80 km/h, produced approximately 1,200 kW, and had an axle load of 15 t.
When the computerized series classification was introduced in 1968, there were still 1,452 locomotives in the DB fleet. Since the serial number was only allowed to be three digits long, the designations 051, 052, and 053 were introduced in addition to the series number 050
General data
couplingNEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics on the tender
Minimum radius358 mm
FlywheelYes
Number of driven axles7
Number of axles with traction tires2
Article number7100010
EAN9005033066291
trackH0
epochIV
Railway companyDB
Electrics
Smoke generator article number (digital)Seuthe No. 11
Smoke generator article number (analog)Seuthe No. 10
Smoke generator can be retrofittedYes
Headlight3 headlights at both ends of the vehicle, alternating with the direction of travel
LED headlightYes
power systemDC 
AnaloginterfaceElectrical interface for traction vehicles PluX16
Dimensions
Length over buffers265 mm