Talk:DRB Class 52

Russian use?
I'm pretty sure that one of these appeared in the movie Enemy at Gates as a Soviet engine that pulled the Zaitsev's military convoy to the Volga crossing to Stalingrad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.137.121.7 (talk) 22:04, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * a movie is a movie and is not necessarily 100% accurate - the movie mentioned is 100% not accurate... 62.91.78.244 (talk) 11:40, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

gallery
Too many year 2000+ preserved images - there are more historical photographs at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:DRG_Class_52 Sf5xeplus (talk) 22:20, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Condensing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensing_steam_locomotive asserts that around 200 members of this class were built with condensing tenders, to reduce visible emission, to avoid drawing attacks from aircraft. -- Jack Waugh (talk • contribs) 16:06, 29 July 2012 (UTC)


 * "to avoid drawing attacks from aircraft" is rubbish! They had condensing tenders to extend the range in areas which were void of water! 62.91.78.244 (talk) 11:42, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

German WP page
Hey, over at the german wikipedia, everything is fine. No slave labor and the Vorauslok even had a swastika.

--84.133.161.50 (talk) 10:54, 12 June 2015 (UTC)


 * A classic case of the usual regional variation in the so-called memory hole about World War Two. Slave labour from the Nazi concentration camps who built DRB Class 52 got "lost in translation". By the way, we don't have the Vorauslok (52 001) mentioned by name in this article at all. Poeticbent talk 18:23, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

how many survivors?
Can anyone provide a list of how many Class 52s survive, even in non-operable condition? Elsquared (talk) 06:39, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Found it! On Wikipedia, of course.  Part of a longer list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_preserved_steam_locomotives_in_Germany  Elsquared (talk) 08:39, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

"The Class 42 was a larger version of the Class 52, but was produced in small numbers."
Changing this line ever so slightly so that it actually makes sense. The new line will read as follows; "The Class 42 was a larger version of the Class 52, but was produced in smaller numbers."

935 Class 42's were built, which is the exact opposite of having been produced in "small numbers". While a far cry from the production run of the Class 52 at ~7794 examples, the Class 42 is still one of the most produced steam locomotive designs in history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:C02:5700:70E6:27AF:E888:278F (talk) 03:52, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

They were numbered 52 1-52 7794
They were numbered 52 001 to 52 999 and 52 1000 to 52 7794 (not as suggested here 52 1, next 52 2, but 52 001, 52 002 etc) 62.91.78.244 (talk) 11:49, 11 July 2023 (UTC)