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If you stand in front of Braunschweig's central station, looking at the station, then to the left, you will find a car park. And in front of that car park, they put up a monument to the glory days of stream railroading. Or to be more precise, they put some old steam engine there in the 1977 and are letting it rot ever since. From afar, it looks nice, from up close, it's really sad.

01 1063 was quite impressive in it's heyday. The class 01.10 was a three-cylinder version (as opposed to the normal two) of the german class 01 heavy pacific. With a streamline covering, it formed the backbone of the pre-war high speed network. Of course, 01 1063 was delivered in 1940, so it never got to do any of that. In post-war germany, top speeds were low, so the streamlining was removed to make maintenance easier. At some point, it got converted to oil firing.

Before putting it up there as a monument, 01 1063 was actually refurbished externally, but that seems a long time ago now. The paint is very faded, and many smaller parts such as the lamps are gone. A few parts of the tender show cracks, and there is more than just a bit of rust around. People have actually managed to restore steam locomotives in worse condition than that, but I am not aware of anyone who has the money and the interest to tackle this particular one. I do hope someone will, though.
Image size
3284x2463px 2.39 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 1000D
Shutter Speed
1/197 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Aug 10, 2011, 10:59:15 AM
Sensor Size
18mm
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Joseph-W-Johns's avatar
Der Lok erscheint brauchen Rost Behandlung und Farbe.