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BR52 DB / DR
2-10-0 Kriegslok

Aster BR52 Kriegslok

SPECIFICATIONS

Scale: 1:32 Cylinders: 2 with mm 13 bore x 20 mm stroke
Gauge: 1 (45mm) Valve Gear: Walschaerts
Weight: 6.7 kg Total
4.7 kg Engine
2.0 kg Tender		 Fittings: 2 x Safety valves, Water Gauge Regulator Valve, Blower Valve, Whistle Valve, Check Valve, 
Pressure Gauge, By-Pass Valve
Blowdown Valve, 
Axle Driven Feed Water Pump
Length: 739.5 mm over buffers
Width:  183 mm
Height:  98 mm Firing: Methylated alcohol, 3 wick burner, fuel capacity 200cc
Radius: 2m (6'6") minimum Lubricator: Roscoe displacement type
Boiler: C Type with 2 flue tubes
3 kg/cm2 pressure
300 cc (at 70% full)		 Wheels: Drivers  43.6 mm dia
Tender: Tank capacity 300cc water

Aster BR52 Kriegslok   Aster BR52 Kriegslok   Aster BR52 Tender

PRICE and AVAILABILITY

All Aster locomotives are limited production.  Once sold out they are no longer available although models may still be available from retailer stock.   Factory availability can be checked at http://www.asterhobby.co.jp/price.html

Argyle's Aster pricing can be found in the Aster Price List.

PROTOTYPE

The DB52 Kriegslok was a derivative of the pre-war DB50 locomotive.  The war situation required a reduction in  the use of strategic war materials and the minimising of the labour required to build an engine.  The ultimate consequence of the rationalisation of production techniques and the application of mass production in the case of the BR50 was the BR52.

The DB50 was first built in 1934 and was a two cylinder medium freight locomotive designed to be used over a wide range of lines. It's comparatively light axle loading (15 tonnes) and the quality of the original design led to the BR50's lasting to the end of steam in both East and West Germany with often comparatively little outward modification for their entire working lives.

 

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