Superb presentation as usual. I think what's most special about the class BR24 is that it was the first big märklin loco you forced your parents/auntie/uncle to get you after your start set 3000 BR89
The DRG Class 24 is one of the best looking 2-6-0s in my opinion. I will as far to even say they are some of the best 2-6-0s to have been built. Where I am in America, 2-6-0s aren't seen too much post-1900 and so many of the bigger engine design that have either originated in America or are even American exclusives get almost all the love, like 4-8-2s, 2-8-4s, 4-6-4s, 2-8-8-4s and 4-8-4s. With 4-6-2s and 2-8-2s coming in second place. So I have an admiration for railways across Europe that still had the need for such a small engine design while still requiring the gigantic 4-8-2s, 4-8-4s and 4-6-4s. The Class 24 is definitely on my list for Top German Steam Engines.
The BR24 look like they carry much characteristics of the UK Southern region railways School Class. Both types being able to handle trains that many wouldn't think was possible. Thank you for your brilliant work. Stay safe 😎👍
The little engine that could! In the UK we have quite a few mogul classes, one of my favourites is the Geat Western Railway's 4300 Class, of which 342 were built from 1911-'32. Some examples served in the Railway Operating Division (ROD) during WW1 and in the 1930s, 100 were withdrawn and used to build the 6800 'Grange' and 7800 'Manor' 4-6-0 Classes. The plan was to withdraw the entire class and use them in this way, but the plan was kyboshed by the outbreak of WW2. Thus, plenty of them were in service even as the railways were nationalised and the last of them were withdrawn in 1964. Two of them survive, no. 7325 (originally 9303) on my local heritage railway, the Severn Valley Railway, and no. 5322 (also numbered 8322) at the Didcot Railway Centre. Sadly, neither of them are in traffic at the moment. On the West Somerset Railway in SW England, there's a rather special locomotive: No. 9351, which looks very like a 4300 loco, but it's actually a converted 5101 2-6-2T 'Large Prairie' tank engine! Other British moguls include the LMS 'Hughes Crab, the Stanier 5MT and the Ivatt 2MT and 4MT types, (the only survivor of the last of these, no. 43106, another SVR engine, was withdrawn at the beginning of this year after its boiler certificate expired), and the BR Standard 2MT, 3MT and 4MT classes, which were heavily inspired by the LMS designs (like the BR24, the LMS Ivatt 2MT, BR Standard 2MT and BR Standard 3MT all had 2-6-2T equivalents). Moguls were also used by the LNER (K1 and K4 Classes), the Southern Railway (U Class) and earlier Pre-Grouping companies such as the Caledonian Railway, the Great Northern Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. The GWR also built the 2600 Class, which were nicknamed Aberdares, after the Welsh coal-mining town of Aberdare where they pulled coal trains to and from Swindon. One thing I've always wondered, pretty much ever since I first encountered German steam locomotives on Trainz Simulator, what does the BR stand for? Becuase sometimes I got it a little confused with British Railways!
Thank you for your detailed look into all the wonderful British moguls! I personally was always quite fond of the Ivatt and BR 2MTs. Like the BR 24 they were built in surprisingly small numbers considering their versatility and capability and are often overlooked next to bigger engines. The BR before German class numbers is short for "Baureihe" which is simply the German word for class or series.
@@steelbridgemodels Thank you! That makes sense. I like the Ivatt 2MTs. They were nicknamed 'Mickey Mouse' for some reason! I believe this applied to the BR Standard 2MTs as well; given their similarities to the Ivatts, it's not surprising. The Ivatt 4MT meanwhile had a couple of nicknames: Doodlebugs as they looked quite American with their high running boards, or the less flattering nickname: Flying Pigs! The BR Standards were built in small numbers in part thanks to the Modernisation Plan, which was the plan by the British government at the time to refurbish and modernise the network, which was in a sorry state post-WW2, replace steam traction with diesel and electric, etc. It was announced in late 1954 and put into action in 1955. The interesting thing is, we kept building steam locos until 1960! Thus a lot of the locos in the various BR Standard classes had working lives of barely a decade. Indeed, some of the later ones, such as some members of the Standard 9F Class (the last steam locomotive class to be built under BR) saw work for as little as five or six years before being withdrawn, when theoretically they could've had working lives into the 1990s at least! Britain's lines were split into regions after nationalisation, which broadly mirrored the old 'Big Four' networks (though Scotland was its own region). They all ended their use of steam at different points. The Western Region was the first, ceasing their use of steam in 1965. The Eastern, Southern and Scottish regions followed during 1967 while the Midland region was the last one standing, with the end of mainline steam under BR coming to an end on 11th August 1968. As a result, quite a lot of preserved BR Standards, from various classes, have worked in preservation for a lot longer than they did with BR! The really funny thing is, from the first BR Standard, Standard Class 7 no. 70000 'Britannia', built in 1951, to the last, BR Standard Class 9F no. 92220 'Evening Star', outshopped in 1960, we built a total of 999 locomotives to the various BR Standard designs (why we didn't get to 1000 I have no idea!). Meanwhile, we also continued to build examples of quite a few Big Four designs, such as the Ivatt 2MT and 4MT, from nationalisation in 1948 up until the mid-50s. One class, the GWR 9400 0-6-0PT tank engines, didn't stop being built until 1956! Remember, the Modernisation plan was introduced in 1955! What's doubly hilarious is that the 9Fs, the last of the Standards, were actually the most numerous class of them, with 251 built, the vast majority of them being built after the Modernistion Plan came into effect!
For those comparing this 2-6-0 to North American counterparts, notice that the BR 24 had larger drivers than a typical U.S. Mogul engine. It is comparable to a 2-8-0 in North America, which was a common mixed traffic branchline engine on this continent.
Excellent video. I've been rebuilding an old Flesichmann Class 24. Well, a sort-of Class 24. Flesichmann sold HO scale trains here in the USA, and they used the boiler and cab from a Class 24, removed the pilot truck, added an American style slope back tender (Used for yard switching) and sold it as an 0-6-0 switcher. I've been modifying mine back to being a Class 24. Added the pilot truck, added buffers, and scratchbuilt a six axle tender for it. The mechanism is actually a smooth runner, amazingly well built for something offered around 1960, and with some TLC is is a very, very smooth runner now. I've had this video playing in the background while working on my model.
@@steelbridgemodels It is, but it is a lot of fun. This model was in terrible condition when I got it, so it is very satisfying to give the locomotive a new lease on life. Oh, and I meant three axle tender for it.
With each video, you inspire me more and more to return to 3D modelling. Should I find some good references, I might even make a German locomotive to put my skills to the test and even gain some new ones. Bravo, I hope you continue to create these brilliant models and videos!
Another Great Video. Love the DRG Steam Locomotives. Just so Iconic. Hope we soon get more Steam, Diesel and Electric Locomotives. From DRG, DB and DR ❤😁
This locomotive has a similar story to the f40ph, they were both underestimated, assigned to small trains at first, but then they were proved to be better than other locomotives
I remember owning one of these on my H0 model railway, a very nice model. My favorite locomotive overall is still the BR93 tho, wich i thankfully am allowed to work with in real life^^
This is my favorite steam locomotive. One reason may be that when I was a child we had Baldwin moguls in Costa Rica in the 1950's. The track is 1067 mm gauge or 42". Very mountainous terrain. Wonderful times.
The BR24 Loco tends to smoothly banging from one side to the other on long, strait rails in Eastern Prussia, so it reminds on riding a "Prairie Horse" 😊
You seem to model these digital models off plastic-toys? Some details are way bulkier than they might be on the real thing, like they would have to be on a scale model to be made out of plastic and still be rigid enough... But rigidity is not a concern in digital 3D-models i guess? Or are these going to be 3D-printed?
@@steelbridgemodels they've got a very similar history - the C56 has a 2-6-2T tank engine variant, the C12; they were built as secondary and branch line locomotives, and they've got a similar nickname - "Kōgen no ponī" or "Plateau Pony" after their performance on the Koumi Line during the summer of 1973. They were also better run forwards than in reverse, though JNR never experimented with bogie tenders as the DB did with 24 061. Unlike the BR24, the C56 lasted longer in service, until 1974, and has fared better in preservation - nineteen are preserved statically across Japan, three are maintained or restored to operational condition, plus a further nine extant in Thailand and one in Myanmar thanks to their military use with the Imperial Japanese Military in World War Two.
@@steelbridgemodels It's not surprising since when designing C56/C12, BR24/64 was taken as a direct reference. They experienced similar problems running tender-leading, with the 2-6-0 axle arrangement lacking a guiding axle making it susceptible to hunting oscilation and derailing. Similar with the expansion of Imperial Japan they were transferred to occupied regions, but they were installed with vacuum brakes similar with those found in British Rail (that's a first), very much an expedition that DRG cannot really think of.
Superb presentation as usual.
I think what's most special about the class BR24 is that it was the first big märklin loco you forced your parents/auntie/uncle to get you after your start set 3000 BR89
You're probably right about that! Märklin must have produced millions of their old BR 24 model, at least so it seems.
The DRG Class 24 is one of the best looking 2-6-0s in my opinion. I will as far to even say they are some of the best 2-6-0s to have been built. Where I am in America, 2-6-0s aren't seen too much post-1900 and so many of the bigger engine design that have either originated in America or are even American exclusives get almost all the love, like 4-8-2s, 2-8-4s, 4-6-4s, 2-8-8-4s and 4-8-4s. With 4-6-2s and 2-8-2s coming in second place. So I have an admiration for railways across Europe that still had the need for such a small engine design while still requiring the gigantic 4-8-2s, 4-8-4s and 4-6-4s. The Class 24 is definitely on my list for Top German Steam Engines.
Waiting for hyce to search DRG on derail valley mods and get this
@@True_NOON He did in overhaul. None of the mods work today.
The BR24 look like they carry much characteristics of the UK Southern region railways School Class. Both types being able to handle trains that many wouldn't think was possible. Thank you for your brilliant work. Stay safe 😎👍
That "Polskie Koleje Państwowe" pronounciation was by far the best one I've heard from a foreigner, congrats! :)
Thank you, I'm glad to hear that! As I unfortunately don't speak any Polish, I was a bit nervous about that. 😄
The little engine that could! In the UK we have quite a few mogul classes, one of my favourites is the Geat Western Railway's 4300 Class, of which 342 were built from 1911-'32. Some examples served in the Railway Operating Division (ROD) during WW1 and in the 1930s, 100 were withdrawn and used to build the 6800 'Grange' and 7800 'Manor' 4-6-0 Classes. The plan was to withdraw the entire class and use them in this way, but the plan was kyboshed by the outbreak of WW2. Thus, plenty of them were in service even as the railways were nationalised and the last of them were withdrawn in 1964. Two of them survive, no. 7325 (originally 9303) on my local heritage railway, the Severn Valley Railway, and no. 5322 (also numbered 8322) at the Didcot Railway Centre. Sadly, neither of them are in traffic at the moment.
On the West Somerset Railway in SW England, there's a rather special locomotive: No. 9351, which looks very like a 4300 loco, but it's actually a converted 5101 2-6-2T 'Large Prairie' tank engine!
Other British moguls include the LMS 'Hughes Crab, the Stanier 5MT and the Ivatt 2MT and 4MT types, (the only survivor of the last of these, no. 43106, another SVR engine, was withdrawn at the beginning of this year after its boiler certificate expired), and the BR Standard 2MT, 3MT and 4MT classes, which were heavily inspired by the LMS designs (like the BR24, the LMS Ivatt 2MT, BR Standard 2MT and BR Standard 3MT all had 2-6-2T equivalents). Moguls were also used by the LNER (K1 and K4 Classes), the Southern Railway (U Class) and earlier Pre-Grouping companies such as the Caledonian Railway, the Great Northern Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. The GWR also built the 2600 Class, which were nicknamed Aberdares, after the Welsh coal-mining town of Aberdare where they pulled coal trains to and from Swindon.
One thing I've always wondered, pretty much ever since I first encountered German steam locomotives on Trainz Simulator, what does the BR stand for? Becuase sometimes I got it a little confused with British Railways!
Thank you for your detailed look into all the wonderful British moguls! I personally was always quite fond of the Ivatt and BR 2MTs. Like the BR 24 they were built in surprisingly small numbers considering their versatility and capability and are often overlooked next to bigger engines.
The BR before German class numbers is short for "Baureihe" which is simply the German word for class or series.
@@steelbridgemodels Thank you! That makes sense.
I like the Ivatt 2MTs. They were nicknamed 'Mickey Mouse' for some reason! I believe this applied to the BR Standard 2MTs as well; given their similarities to the Ivatts, it's not surprising. The Ivatt 4MT meanwhile had a couple of nicknames: Doodlebugs as they looked quite American with their high running boards, or the less flattering nickname: Flying Pigs!
The BR Standards were built in small numbers in part thanks to the Modernisation Plan, which was the plan by the British government at the time to refurbish and modernise the network, which was in a sorry state post-WW2, replace steam traction with diesel and electric, etc. It was announced in late 1954 and put into action in 1955. The interesting thing is, we kept building steam locos until 1960!
Thus a lot of the locos in the various BR Standard classes had working lives of barely a decade. Indeed, some of the later ones, such as some members of the Standard 9F Class (the last steam locomotive class to be built under BR) saw work for as little as five or six years before being withdrawn, when theoretically they could've had working lives into the 1990s at least! Britain's lines were split into regions after nationalisation, which broadly mirrored the old 'Big Four' networks (though Scotland was its own region). They all ended their use of steam at different points. The Western Region was the first, ceasing their use of steam in 1965. The Eastern, Southern and Scottish regions followed during 1967 while the Midland region was the last one standing, with the end of mainline steam under BR coming to an end on 11th August 1968. As a result, quite a lot of preserved BR Standards, from various classes, have worked in preservation for a lot longer than they did with BR!
The really funny thing is, from the first BR Standard, Standard Class 7 no. 70000 'Britannia', built in 1951, to the last, BR Standard Class 9F no. 92220 'Evening Star', outshopped in 1960, we built a total of 999 locomotives to the various BR Standard designs (why we didn't get to 1000 I have no idea!). Meanwhile, we also continued to build examples of quite a few Big Four designs, such as the Ivatt 2MT and 4MT, from nationalisation in 1948 up until the mid-50s. One class, the GWR 9400 0-6-0PT tank engines, didn't stop being built until 1956! Remember, the Modernisation plan was introduced in 1955! What's doubly hilarious is that the 9Fs, the last of the Standards, were actually the most numerous class of them, with 251 built, the vast majority of them being built after the Modernistion Plan came into effect!
For those comparing this 2-6-0 to North American counterparts, notice that the BR 24 had larger drivers than a typical U.S. Mogul engine. It is comparable to a 2-8-0 in North America, which was a common mixed traffic branchline engine on this continent.
Excellent video. I've been rebuilding an old Flesichmann Class 24. Well, a sort-of Class 24. Flesichmann sold HO scale trains here in the USA, and they used the boiler and cab from a Class 24, removed the pilot truck, added an American style slope back tender (Used for yard switching) and sold it as an 0-6-0 switcher. I've been modifying mine back to being a Class 24. Added the pilot truck, added buffers, and scratchbuilt a six axle tender for it. The mechanism is actually a smooth runner, amazingly well built for something offered around 1960, and with some TLC is is a very, very smooth runner now. I've had this video playing in the background while working on my model.
Sounds like a lot of work, but surely worth the effort! Thanks for sharing!
@@steelbridgemodels It is, but it is a lot of fun. This model was in terrible condition when I got it, so it is very satisfying to give the locomotive a new lease on life. Oh, and I meant three axle tender for it.
Ich liebe die 24
Einfach ein gutes design und Erfolgreich
Eine 24 fuhr früher bei uns zwischen 3 städten aber fährt seit einiger zeit nicht mehr
With each video, you inspire me more and more to return to 3D modelling. Should I find some good references, I might even make a German locomotive to put my skills to the test and even gain some new ones. Bravo, I hope you continue to create these brilliant models and videos!
I can only encourage you to return to 3D modelling; it's lengthy, but at the same time also very rewarding!
Another Great Video.
Love the DRG Steam Locomotives. Just so Iconic. Hope we soon get more Steam, Diesel and Electric Locomotives. From DRG, DB and DR ❤😁
Thank you so much! And more of all of that is certainly to come!
This locomotive has a similar story to the f40ph, they were both underestimated, assigned to small trains at first, but then they were proved to be better than other locomotives
This class 24 was, oddly, one of the first references of Spanish model railways manufacturer Ibertren, in N scale, in 1971 or so.
I remember owning one of these on my H0 model railway, a very nice model. My favorite locomotive overall is still the BR93 tho, wich i thankfully am allowed to work with in real life^^
This might be my (2nd) favourite german locos, just behind the BR 52
I think BR65 is very handsome.So is BR41.
This is my favorite steam locomotive. One reason may be that when I was a child we had Baldwin moguls in Costa Rica in the 1950's. The track is 1067 mm gauge or 42". Very mountainous terrain. Wonderful times.
While I came here for the fabulous 3d models, I also found a new joy listening the interesting history of the Prototypes. Well done!
Thank you! Glad you find enjoyment in both the models and their prototypes' history.
Super cool to see new content keep up the Good work bro 👍
Thank you! I'll do my best!
A video about the meter gauge locomotives of the german railways would be very cool
absolutely aaaaamazinnnngggg, sehr gut, 1+ mit sternchen
The BR24 Loco tends to smoothly banging from one side to the other on long, strait rails in Eastern Prussia, so it reminds on riding a "Prairie Horse" 😊
Klasse, so kann man den Abend ausklingen lassen🤩👌
What a gorgeous engine too! Someday I'd love to see the preserved ones.
thanks :>
Could you maybe do the ICE 1 sometime? Or the 612 would also be interesting
The ICE 1 will definitely happen once I get to modern prototypes. Unfortunately, however, that will take some time. So, please be patient!
@@steelbridgemodels i will be Patient. With that quality, I’ll watch every video!
Tolles Video!!❤
LG vom Bodensee
Such a great channel, unbelievable quality too! After you have done all the German loco's I can't wait to see British and French episodes!
Thank you so much! I would love to do videos about British and French prototypes, and eventually I will!
I just left a sub. Good quality
Superb work Sir 😊
One of my Favorit German Steam locos i have 5 Models of it
Thanks!
Thank you so, so much for your generous support!
You bring 55 years of my Marklin set to life. It’s all amazing and so well done and informative. Kudos!
@@JDB-XIVII Thank you for your kind words. I'm happy you enjoy my videos!
Excellent scripting.
Thank you!
You seem to model these digital models off plastic-toys? Some details are way bulkier than they might be on the real thing, like they would have to be on a scale model to be made out of plastic and still be rigid enough... But rigidity is not a concern in digital 3D-models i guess? Or are these going to be 3D-printed?
Well noticed! 3D-printing is the ultimate goal for my models.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COULD YOU DO A VIDEO ABOUT THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN L132 CLASS? THEYRE SO COOL
I'll note it down, but can't make any promises as of yet!
🚂❤
ooooh
Germanify JNR C56. That's what I call her. Lol
I was just about to comment that haha. You beat me to it. 🤣
Unfortunately, I don't know much about the C56's history, but already visually, they look so unbelievably similar! 😂
@@steelbridgemodels they've got a very similar history - the C56 has a 2-6-2T tank engine variant, the C12; they were built as secondary and branch line locomotives, and they've got a similar nickname - "Kōgen no ponī" or "Plateau Pony" after their performance on the Koumi Line during the summer of 1973. They were also better run forwards than in reverse, though JNR never experimented with bogie tenders as the DB did with 24 061.
Unlike the BR24, the C56 lasted longer in service, until 1974, and has fared better in preservation - nineteen are preserved statically across Japan, three are maintained or restored to operational condition, plus a further nine extant in Thailand and one in Myanmar thanks to their military use with the Imperial Japanese Military in World War Two.
@@steelbridgemodels It's not surprising since when designing C56/C12, BR24/64 was taken as a direct reference. They experienced similar problems running tender-leading, with the 2-6-0 axle arrangement lacking a guiding axle making it susceptible to hunting oscilation and derailing. Similar with the expansion of Imperial Japan they were transferred to occupied regions, but they were installed with vacuum brakes similar with those found in British Rail (that's a first), very much an expedition that DRG cannot really think of.
The 24 was kept in the dryer too long 💀
Probably! 😂