043.903 plinthed ouside Emden Hbf. This was one of DB's last operational steam locomotives and was still running on the last day of regular steam working in West Germany, 24 September 1977.
Difficult to believe it’s been 40 years since these magnificent 3-cylinder 2-10-0s worked freights between Rheine and Emden, including the celebrated double headed 4000 tonne iron ore trains from Emden to the Saarland. The steam age went out in style with the crews driving the 043s hard and fast in their final days.