Description

Steam locomotive 043 903 of the German Federal Railways.

– Silver kettle rings
– Clear view between the boiler and the chassis
– Middle drive axles with smaller wheel flanges
– Used in heavy freight train service

The steam locomotives, known as Jumbo because of their pulling power, were used with great success in almost all of Germany and in many other European countries. The maximum forward speed was 80 km/h and the reverse speed was 50 km/h. Some of these already very powerful machines achieved a further increase in performance to 2,100 hp (1,546 kW) on the German Federal Railroad when they were converted to oil firing in 1955. From 1968 onwards, the DB’s oil-fired locomotives had the series designation 043.