New 2-10-2 German loco

June 22, 2012

A 1:32-scale live-steam model of Germany’s most powerful steam locomotive will soon be delivered to customers, its maker said in late June. MBV Schug of Detzem, Germany — the European distributor for Accucraft Trains Co. of Union City, Calif. — said that a pre-production model of the DB Class 45 — a 2-10-2 in 45mm gauge — No. 45 010, had arrived from China at its offices and was being reviewed.

Schug said only 50 units of the 801.4mm (31½-inch) locomotive would be built and that it was the first German Gauge One locomotive to be built by Accucraft.

No. 45 010 will require a minimum diameter of 2.4 meters (eight feet) and will have three cylinders, using a D-valve, with full working valve gear. The butane-fired locomotive will have a dual-flue boiler and carry water in its tender. The working pressure will be 100psi and the engine will come with a pressure gauge, cylinder drain cocks, a water-level sight glass, a steam-oil lubricator, an axle-water pump and a hand-water pump in the tender.

Schug said the model is based on one of the 28 units built by Henschel for the Deutsche Reichsbahn built between 1936-1940 (another order for 103 more locomotives in 1941 was canceled because of the outbreak of World War II).

DB Class 45s were designed as “goods hauling” locomotives (“freight trains” in U.S. railroad idiom) and following the war the locomotives were seconded to the Deutsche Bundesbahn of East Germany. DB retired all the locomotives except for No. 45 010, which in 2005 was stored at the Nuremberg Transport Museum. On Oct. 17 of that year, a fire badly damaged No. 45 010 and it has yet to be restored.

Schug said the DB Class 45 in live steam would have a pre-production price of €5990 (including 19 percent German VAT) in Eurozone countries or $US6250 (no VAT), requiring a €850 ($US1068) deposit. MBV Schug’s phone number is +49 6507-802326 and its email is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .