Steam locomotive BR 043 DB Ep.IV

German Federal Railways class 043 steam locomotive with oil firing.

- Shape variant with ÜK driver's cab
- Circumferential sheet without apron
- Middle driving axles with smaller wheel flanges
- A clear view between the boiler and the chassis
- Current consumption of the locomotive and tender
- Use in heavy freight train service

The steam locomotives, known as “jumbo” because of their pulling power, were used with great success in almost all of Germany and in many other European countries. The top speed was 80 km / h forwards, and 50 km / h could be driven backwards. Some of these already very powerful machines recorded a further increase in output to 2,100 hp (1,546 kW) at the Deutsche Bundesbahn when they were converted to oil firing from 1955. The DB's oil-fired locomotives had the series designation 043 from 1968.