MERCURIO
Picture of the Month - March 1996
The 2'C1'h3 steam locomotive 01 1102 was built in 1940 by Schwartzkopff
with a streamline shell. In the fifties, the DB removed the
streamlining, built in a new boiler and converted the locomotive to
oil-firing. It was put out of service in 1975 and sold to the city of
Bebra. In 1995, financed by the privetely-owned company K&K, the
engine was overhauled by the DBAG works in Meiningen, and the
streamlining was reconstructed after the old plans. Painted in dark
blue, the locomotive hauls excursion trains again since 2nd March 1996.
This photo was taken on 3rd March 1996, when the 01 1102 pulled a
special train from Bebra to Braunschweig, just after the train arrived
in Braunschweig Hbf.
Photo and scan by Tobias B. Köhler (unci@tigerden.com)
