steam locomotive 50 3624-9Builder: | Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabrik in Posen | Constructed: | 1942 | Works number: | 401 | State: | Exhibit |
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Built by the German Weapons and Ordnance Factory, Poznan, she was put into service with the DRG (German State Railway) on 20.5.1942 as 50 2228. From a look in her log book, it is immediately obvious that when she was built, the isolation of Germany after three years' war was already having a drastic effect. There was only limited availablility of essential metals, so we find entries such as "Die Lokomotive ist mit Heimstoffen gem |