LGB 26847 DR Steam Locomotive, No. 99 1561-2

Road number 99 1561-2 had its honor or misfortune to go through farewell tours on different narrow gauge lines in Saxony. For example, it provided motive power for the last train on June 2, 1973, on the line Wilkau-Haßlau - Kirchberg. The most popular farewell appearance for road number 99 1561-2 was probably on September 30, 1984, for on that day it ended passenger service on the German State Railroad scheduled route No. 422, the legendary Preßnitz Valley Railroad Wolkenstein - Jöhstadt. Since these farewell tours were accompanied in many instances photographically by railroad fans, they attracted a lot of attention and fame. This locomotive shows the typical condition at the end of the (Saxon) narrow gauge railroads shortly before the abandonment of these lines. For example, "souvenir hunters" have robbed the locomotive of its locomotive signs on the ends. For that reason, a black piece of sheet metal had a new sign "crafted" with a number stencil, a brush, and white paint. The overhaul date was done freehand on the locomotive without a stencil. All these unique, individual lettering details make this class IV K something rather special and are of course realized on the model! This means that the authenticity of the degenerate charm of the end of the Saxon narrow gauge railroads can truly be experienced and reproduced on any LGB layout. The model has a multiple station stop announcement with the stations of the last passenger train run on the Preßnitz Valley Railroad to enable attendance on September 30, 1984, in a scale of 1:22.5. Also included are two stickers with the occasion written on this day on the locomotive using chalk. These stickers can be cemented to the water tanks on the LGB model. Currently, road number 99 1561-2 is stored non-operational at "Wild Robert", the Döllnitz Railroad, in the maintenance facility at Mügeln.

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