Liliput L131969 – Tender Locomotive 671, GKB, Museum loco Ep.VI

Model Features:

all metal body, chassis, rods & wheels
5-pole skew-wound motor with flywheel
traction tires
close locomotive & tender coupling
digital interface for plug-in 21-pin decoder
prepared for loud speaker
NEM 362 coupler pocket
LED headlights alternating with direction of travel
prepared for smoke generator
Prototype: From 1860 onwards the “k.k. private Southern State Railway Company” received more than 200 3-axle goods locomotives from the locomotive factory StEG and gave them the class designation 29. Among the first locomotives delivered in 1860 was loco 671, which has been in service with the Graz-Köflacher-Bahn (GKB ) since 1925 and is still in running condition today. It is considered the oldest operating steam locomotive in the world, which – apart from maintenance work – has been in uninterrupted service. The “671” has protected status and is only deployed these days as part of special trains. Over the course of its 151 year service history it changed to the BBÖ under the class designation 49. When Germany annexed Austria in 1938, Austrian locomotives were incorporated in the German locomotive numbering system. The old Austrian 49 class engines were renumbered as the 53.71 class. The 53 class included all 0-6-0 engines with a tender inherited by the Reichsbahn (DRG) from the former state railroads after WWI. Most of these engines were from the 19th century, and many were retired in the late 20’s and early 30’s. With a top speed of around 30 mph, they served out their years on branch lines or as switch engines. After the war the Austrian railroad retired the last of these locomotives only in 1953.