German Heritage Steamer Sounds Awesome!

Published Jun 12, 2015 By Robert Blue

Starting from her station in Kloten, Switzerland, the DRG Class 01 #202 gives an impressive sound as she rolls out of the station. Built between 1937-1938 for the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), the DRG Class 01 #202 is one of only 3 locomotives still operational out of a total of 231 built between 1921 and 1938.

The DRG Class 01 #202 was also fitted with Witte smoke deflectors to combat the steam and smoke from obscuring the view of the engineer. The deflector would force air down the side of the boiler thus creating a high pressure area that would send the smoke upwards, out the engineers way. The deflectors are generally needed on locomotives with shorter chimney stacks.