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The Bread and Butter Locomotive in Saxony: It was the Roaring Twenties, when the newly founded German Reichsbahn (German State Railway) of 1920 embarked on a major leap forward, particularly in rolling stock technology. The new Class 86 locomotive was especially successful: a 70-ton, 1000-horsepower design with four driving axles and one leading and one trailing axle. With a top speed of 70 or 80 km/h and high tractive effort, they could also be used in passenger and local freight service on main lines. By 1943, 774 Class 86 locomotives had been delivered to the Reichsbahn. After the war, the East German Reichsbahn had 164 operational Class 86 locomotives, primarily based in Saxony. On the sometimes challenging routes in the region's low mountain ranges, they impressively demonstrated their capabilities. Even express and fast trains were hauled by these agile and powerful tank locomotives. This was also the case at the Zittau locomotive depot in eastern Saxony, where, for example, the E 681 Berlin Zittau was part of the Class 86 locomotive schedule. From 1968 onwards, 16 Class 86 locomotives replaced the old Baden tender locomotives at the Zittau depot. One of the star locomotives in Zittau was 86 1360-6, which truly shone with its impeccable condition. Of particular interest to model railroaders is the fact that the Zittau-based Class 86 locomotives hauled both old state railway carriages and, at the time, state-of-the-art rebuilt carriages.
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