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Just a bit of background on the prototype: The class 24 was built from 1925 onwards and was intended to replace older, mainly Prussian State Railway locos from the 1890´s on branchline services, mainly in the province of East Prussia. With the out break of WWII, production was stopped after only 95 had been built. 47 remained in West Germany after the end of the war, 4 in East Germany and 34 in the part of Germany annexed by Poland. In West Germany, this class was taken out of service by 1966, in East Germany a couple of years later. Four locos are preserved, two in working order. It´s nickname "prairie horse" was never used by the folks driving her - it was invented by Marklin. The loco was a success, although ridiculously underpowered and with a top speed short of 60 mph too slow even for branchline service. With the advent of the infamous "Schienenbus" (rail bus), the end came pretty quickly.
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