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Heading to the Scrap Yard!! The Deutsche Reichsbahn's Class 52

Robbo Roberts

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Jean-Marie Bruggheman and his stunning work on the DRB Class 52 The Deutsche Reichsbahn's Class 52 is a German steam locomotive built in large numbers during the Second World War. It was the most produced type of the so-called Kriegslokomotiven or Kriegsloks (war locomotives). Class 52 was a wartime development of the pre-war DRG Class 50, using fewer parts and less expensive materials to speed production.

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They were designed by Richard Wagner who was Chief Engineer of the Central Design Office at the Locomotive Standards Bureau of the DRG. About a dozen classes of locomotive were referred to as Kriegslokomotiven; however, the three main classes were Class 52, 50, and 42. They were numbered 52 1-52 7794. A total of 20 are preserved in Germany.