Thanks Neville. Yes, I do enjoy discovering models of unusual prototype.
There is a decent range of N scale models made under the Liliput name. Currently DM-Toys has 64 items slisted in-stock, and there are others which were sold-out. I also own another N scale Liliput model of a more conventional electric locomotive.
https://www.dm-toys.de/en/list/manufacturer/Liliput.html
Pete,
You're welcome...
Credit where credit is due.
Using the link that you kindly provided, I took a look at the N-Scale Liliput products DM Toys had in stock and found several interesting items:
L163241 DB BR 704 704 004-1 Tower Car, which was retired on January 7, 1984 and is modeled in its 1996 configuration.
L967401 Two Loads of Steel Plates for Coil Cars or Flatcars
L967400 Six Pallet Loads of Maybach Tank Engines
and
L967000 Newspaper Kiosk
In addition, DM Toys provided the following information on the Meiningen Type C Locomotives:
The prototype of the Meiningen type C model has a pulling force of 94 kN with an operating weight of approx. 50 t, a water volume of 18 m3, a steam volume of 3 m3 in the boiler and a steam pressure of 20 kp / cm2.
After 20 minutes of filling, the Type C is able to maneuver a number of loaded freight wagons on a level route for a long time.
And this at a maximum speed of approx. 30 km / h.
When the price of petroleum products began to rise in the GDR at the beginning of the 1980s, the aim was to replace diesel locomotives with steam storage locomotives in industrial companies in which it was technically possible.
From 1984 to 1988 202 machines were manufactured as identical replicas of the Babelsberg type C by the Meiningen repair shop.
The first locomotive was put into operation on February 20, 1984 at VEB Schwermaschinenbau Lauchhammer.
The last two locomotives came to the former CSSR in August 1988.Although their appearance leads one to believe that they were manufactured in the 1940s - 1950s, I had no idea that these were actually modern steam locomotives that were fabricated in the mid-late 1980s.
