Tender loco of the DR, class 56. Overall length: 195 mm. Super-detailing, -livery and -lettering. Interior details in driver's cab. Prototypical "daylight" between boiler and chassis. Fully operational, finely detailed Heusinger valve gear. Brake blocks between the driving wheels. Cast metal chassis. Motor with flywheel. Drive in tender onto 4 wheels with 4 traction tyres. Close-coupling between loco and tender. Double headlights at each end, coordinated with direction of travel on tender. Automatic PROFI-couplings with pre-uncoupling at each end.
The sturdy Prussion G 8, Class 56, were used for goods haulage on main line routes, but because of their good acceleration could also be found hauling passenger trains. The Deutsche Reichsbahn in the former GDR used them latterly for heavy banking duties.
