Fleischmann 7170010 Steam locomotive class 70.0, DB ep III

Steam locomotive class 70.0 (Bavarian Pt 2/3) from the German Federal Railways.

■ Model with factory-built, soldered decoder

Finely detailed model with spring-loaded beam chassis

Metal die-cast housing

Ideal for use on branch lines

The class 70.0 was a tender locomotive for light passenger trains. It was ordered by the Royal 
Bavarian State Railways as the type Pt 2/3. Between 1909 and 1916, a total of 97 locomotives were 
built by Krauss in Munich. In order to optimize traffic on local lines, a door was installed at the 
rear, through which the stoker could enter the train to take over the conductor's duties. The doors 
were later partially removed to make room for a larger coal box. The unusually large distance 
between the driving and driving axles of 4,000 mm is characteristic of this locomotive. This results 
in an economical, but also economically expedient, lightweight engine construction, which proved to 
be excellent in its design.
After World War II, the DB took over 89 of these locomotives, which were capable of reaching top 
speeds of up to 65 km/h, and used them on southern German branch lines until the 1960s. The last 
locomotive was phased out in 
1963