Another add-on to the Refurbished Quality (RFQ), SLW-NE shows up the iconic loco BR44 DR depicting the coaled version as always with fine modelling details and enhanced textures and tweaks for TRS22 & Plus – reasonably priced for a fine loco+tender set within this RFQ series.

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• The Class 44 (German: Baureihe 44 or BR 44) was a ten-coupled, heavy goods train steam locomotive built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn as a standard steam engine class (Einheitsdampflokomotive). Its sub-class was G 56.20 and it had triple cylinders. It was intended for hauling goods trains of up to 1,200 tonnes (1,200 long tons; 1,300 short tons) on the routes through Germany’s hilly regions (Mittelgebirge) and up to 600 tonnes (590 long tons; 660 short tons) on steep inclines. They were numbered 44 001-44 1989.
• The first 10 examples were built in 1926. These engines had a somewhat higher steam consumption than the first ten units of the DRG Class 43 procured in parallel for comparison purposes, and which were equipped with two cylinders. Not until 1937 were further 44s procured, because by then the rising demands of rail transportation could be better met with a triple-cylinder configuration. From 1926 to 1949, a total of 1,989 locomotives were manufactured. During the Second World War an austerity variant was built with simplified construction and delivery, known as the Class 44ÜK (one of the so-called Übergangskriegslokomotive). This primarily used home-produced materials; components were simplified, both in manufacturing methods and design, or left out completely. The most striking features of the ÜK locomotives were the omission of the smoke deflectors (that from 44 013 was standard) and also the forward side windows of the driver’s cab.
• After the war, Class 44 locomotives remained with the following railway administrations: DB (from 09/1949): 1,242 units | DR (East Germany): 335 units | PKP: 67 units (classified as Ty4) | ČSD: 3 units | ÖBB: 11 units, plus 5 units claimed by the Soviet Union as war booty | SNCF: 14 units (classified as Class 150 X along with the 226 units built on assembly lines in French factories) | SNCB: 1 unit, traded back to West Germany in 1950 but sent to France in 1952 | The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) gave 9 engines back to the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) in 1952.
• Until their replacement by modern diesel and electric locomotives, the Class 44 engines were the backbone of heavy goods train duties in Germany. German railwaymen nicknamed the Class 44 locomotive the “Jumbo” because of its power. Only the rebuilt (Reko) locomotives of East Germany’s Class 58.30, converted between 1958 and 1962, attained the performance of the Class 44s, at least on the plains.
• This SLW RFQ series production is released with the well-known modelling skills by Marcin Skalbania and enhanced textures powered by Zato Visual Works. Interactivity enabled with coal and water consumption and loading in the tender unit. Full cab enabled with moving parts.
• Models for TRS22 and TRS Plus. Please, check our technical note on our models and previous versions of Trainz here.
• Locomotive+tender and dependencies for them included except for the TRS22/Plus built-in ones.
• New kuid #’s to diferentiate these assets from previous released ones.

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