"For the first time in Epoch III lettering
Clear view between boiler and
and running gear / The development of a powerful freight locomotive was also part of the standard locomotive programme of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The BR 44 was expected to was expected to be able to haul goods trains of up to 1,200 t in the low mountain ranges and up to 600 t over steep ramps. In 1926, the first 10 locomotives with the axle arrangement 1'E h3 were delivered. It was not until 1937, after the increased demands of train haulage, that this locomotive went into series production and was procured in large numbers, in various designs,
in different versions. Until they were replaced by modern diesel and electric locomotives, the class 44 machines formed the backbone of the heavy goods train service throughout Germany."
Ik heb een tweede loc besteld, omdat de eerste loc terug is naar Fleischmann, nadat er voor de vierde keer een probleem optrad. Deze loc lijkt het tot nu toe goed te doen.