Not so much a rescue more of a clean and upgrade of a bargain purchase of a Piko BR89.2, one of the few pre-‘90 Piko models that were significantly improved and then withdrawn from sale after just one release.
The Sächsische VT was originally built by the Sächsische Staatsbahn (Royal Saxon State Railways). When the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) formed, these engines were reclassified as the DR Class 89 (specifically DR-Baureihe 89.2). A total of 154 locomotives of the Class V T were built, extensive modifications to the design were made during this period.
89 262 (built by Hartmann in 1901) in its final home base of Zwickau (Saxony). In 1923, the Deutsche Reichsbahn incorporated the Saxon Class V T into its numbering system as Class 89.2. Twenty-five locomotives of this class survived World War II and remained in shunting service with the East German DR until the 1960s. The last unit, 89 262, was withdrawn from service on June 23, 1966. None of the locomotives were preserved.
Only an illustrated parts list is available from Sonneberg although there is a few spares, but the list does show a NEM 652 8-pin socket interface albeit with very limited space, a Zimo MX615R should be OK.
The model
Currently the 'weathering' is being gently swabbed with a cotton bud and Humbrol thinners, patience and persistence are priorities, whilst the body needs to be eased apart either side of the cab and lifted gently upwards to access the interior. Once cleaned and tested it will be put to work on Grafenwalde as a highly inappropriate loco but as the theme of layout is an ex-privatbahn within the DR and use of locos that had been sold out of service in the '30s only to be subsumed into the DR from '49 is entirely plausible.
Tim
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