Locomotive No. 44 of the Brunswick State Railway Company (''Braunschweigische Landes-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', BLE) was a

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for mixed passenger and goods traffic. The locomotive, built in 1934 by

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, had a

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T wheel arrangement and a two-

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engine.

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and

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were housed in a

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. Rather unusual for such a locomotive were the

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which were attached directly to the side tanks and extended as far as the front

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. After the takeover of the BLE by the

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in 1938, the engine was given the running number 79 001, re-using a number previously given to a

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that had been retired in 1933. The engine survived the

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and was sold to the (DEG), and sent to their (BSE) in 1947. It was transferred to the (FKE) in 1949, the (TWE) in 1960, and then returned to the FKE in 1966. It was retired there in 1973. The running number 79 001 was allocated in 1951 to the former French locomotive, 1-242.TA.602, which had ended up in German hands after the war.

References

* * Weisbrod, Bäzold, Obermayer: ''Das große Typenbuch deutscher Dampflokomotiven''. Transpress Verlag * {{Weisbrod-EFA1.5, pages=102–104, 241

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