Steam locomotive 50 2973 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Drive on two tender axles and on all five driven locomotive axles via cardan shaft.

* Model with 3-dome boiler and Witte smoke deflectors
* Big lamps on top of the front buffer beam
* Set of delicately designed metal wheels and driving and coupling rods made of metal die cast
* The loco perfectly matches the mail train 74091.

In the beginning, the steam locomotive was intended to replace the Prussian G 10 in freight traffic, but by the end of the age of steam locomotives, the class 50 soon became a mixed-traffic locomotive. From 1939 to 1943, a total of 3,164 machines were produced in 21 different locomotive factories. After 1945, over 2,000 locomotives remained at the German Federal Railways which had to undergo some major conversions, creating a variety of variants. The machines reached a maximum speed of 80 km/h, had a power output of approx. 1,200 kW and an axle load of 15 t.