The steam motorised locomotive no. 19 1001 was a German,
express train
An express train is a type of passenger train that makes a small number of stops between its origin and destination stations, usually major destinations, allowing faster service than Local train, local trains that stop at most or all of the s ...
steam locomotive with the
Deutsche Reichsbahn.
In 1941
Henschel
Henschel & Son (german: Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicle ...
delivered this fully streamlined trials locomotive with factory number 25000. The proven method of a single-axle drive to each axle used on electric locomotives was adopted for this locomotive. The four driving axles were therefore each driven by a separate
steam-driven motor.
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Description and many photos by André Schneider
19.10
2-8-2 locomotives
19.10
Henschel locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1941
Individual locomotives of Germany
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
Streamlined steam locomotives
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Passenger locomotives