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{{Short description|Class of German 2-10-0 locomotives}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name             = DRB Class 52
| bgcolor          = A00
| color            = FFF
| image            = 52 4867 HEF Hafenbahn Frankfurt 21092008.JPG
| alt              = 
| caption          = 52 4867 of the HEF in Frankfurt am Main
| powertype        = Steam
| designer         = 
| builder          = [[#Manufacture|See text]]
| ordernumber      = 
| serialnumber     = 
| buildmodel       = 
| builddate        = 1942–{{circa|1950}}
| totalproduction  = 7,794
| rebuilder        = 
| rebuilddate      = 
| numberrebuilt    = 
| whytetype        = {{whyte|2-10-0}}
| uicclass         = 1′E h2
| DRGtype          = G 56.15
| driver           = <!-- e.g. 1st, 2nd  or 3rd coupled axle -->
| gauge            = {{track gauge|sg}}
| leadingdiameter  = {{0|0,}}{{convert|850|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| driverdiameter   = {{convert|1400|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| tenderdiameter   = {{ubl|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:'' {{convert|930|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}|''4&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:'' {{convert|1000|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}}}
| carrydiameter    = 
| minimumcurve     = 
| wheelbase        = 
|  wheelspacing    = {{ubl|{{convert|2600|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|1650|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|1650|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|1650|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|<u>{{convert|1650|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} {{=}}</u>}}
|  engine total    = {{convert|9200|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}
|  leading         = 
|  drivers         = <!-- USA terminology -->
|  coupled         = <!-- British terminology -->
|  trailing        = 
|  tender total    = {{ubl|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:''|{{convert|1800|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|2300|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|<u>{{convert|1800|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} {{=}}</u>|{{convert|5900|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}|''4&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:''|{{convert|1500|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|1600|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|<u>{{convert|1500|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} {{=}}</u>|{{convert|4600|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}}}
|  tendertruck     = <!-- USA terminology -->
|  tenderbogie     = <!-- British terminology -->
|  wheelbasewithtender =  {{ubl|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:'' {{convert|19000|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}|''4&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:'' {{convert|18220|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}}}
| racksystem       = 
| pivotcentres     = <!-- Garratts, diesels and electrics -->
| length           = 
|  over headstocks = 
|  over buffers    = {{ubl|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:'' {{convert|22975|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}|''4&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:'' {{convert|22830|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}}}
| width            = 
| height           = {{convert|4400|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}
| frametype        = 
| axleload         = {{convert|15.1|t|abbr=on}}
|  leadingbogie/pony= <!-- load on leading bogie or pony wheel -->
|  coupled all     = <!-- when the load on all coupled wheels are the same -->
|  coupled 1       = <!-- load on 1st coupled wheel -->
|  coupled 2       = <!-- load on 2nd coupled wheel -->
|  coupled 3       = <!-- etc. -->
|  coupled 4       = 
|  coupled 5       = 
|  trail bogie/pony= <!-- load on trailing bogie or pony wheel -->
|  tenderbogieload = <!-- load per tender bogie, use "Truck 1:<br/>Bogie 2:" if different -->
|  tenderaxle      = <!-- use "Axle 1:", etc with "<br/>" for line breaks -->
| weightondrivers  = {{convert|75.7|t|abbr=on}}
| emptyweight      = {{convert|75.9|t|abbr=on}}
| serviceweight    = {{convert|84.0|t|abbr=on}}
| locoweight       = 
| tenderweight     = 
| locotenderweight = {{convert|102.7|t|abbr=on}}
| tendertype       = {{ubl|2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;30|4&nbsp;T&nbsp;30}}
| fueltype         = Coal
| fuelcap          = {{convert|10|t|abbr=on}}
| watercap         = {{convert|30|m3|impgal usgal|abbr=on}}
| tendercap        = 
| sandcap          = 
| fireboxtype      = <!-- Round-top, Belpaire, combustion chamber, etc. -->
|  firearea        = {{convert|3.9|m2|abbr=on}}
| boiler           = <!-- Watson Standard no. x, etc -->
|  boilertype      = <!-- Domeless, etc -->
|  pitch           = {{convert|3050|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}
|  diameterinside  = 
|  lengthinside    = {{convert|5200|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}
|  smalltubediameter= {{convert|54|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}}, 113 off
|  largetubediameter= {{convert|133|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}}, 35 off
| boilerpressure   = {{convert|16|bar|kgf/cm2 psi|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}
| safetyvalvetype  = <!-- Salter spring balance, Ramsbottom, Pop, etc. -->
| feedwaterheater  = 
|  fireboxarea     = {{convert|15.9|m2|abbr=on}}
|  tubearea        = {{convert|90.4|m2|abbr=on}}
|  archarea        = 
|  fluearea        = {{convert|71.3|m2|abbr=on}}
|  tubesandflues   = 
|  totalsurface    = {{convert|177.6|m2|abbr=on}}
| superheatertype  = 
|  superheaterarea = {{convert|63.7|m2|abbr=on}}
| cylindercount    = Two, outside
| cylindersize     = {{convert|600|x|660|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}}
| cylinderpressure = 
| valvegear        = Heusinger Valve Gear (Kuhn Slide)
| valvetype        = Piston Valve
| valvetravel      = 
| valvelap         = 
| valvelead        = 
| transmission     = 
| trainheating     = [[Steam]]
| locobrakes       = Knorr Air
| locobrakeforce   = 
| trainbrakes      = Knorr Air
| safety           = 
| coupling         = Screw Link
| maxspeed         = {{convert|80|km/h|abbr=on}}
| indicatedpower   = {{convert|1620|PS|kW hp|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}
| poweroutput      = 
| tractiveeffort   = 
| factorofadhesion = 
| operator         = DRB
| operatorclass    = 
| powerclass       = 
| numinclass       = 
| fleetnumbers     = {{ubl|DRB: 52&nbsp;001…52&nbsp;7794 (Germany)|JŽ: 33&nbsp;001 – 33&nbsp;341, 33&nbsp;501 – 33&nbsp;505 (Yugoslavia)|BDŽ: 15.01–16.50 (Bulgaria)}}
| officialname     = 
| nicknames        = 
| axleloadclass    = 
| locale           = 
| deliverydate     = 
| firstrundate     = 
| lastrundate      = 
| retiredate       = BDŽ: 1969-1975 (Bulgaria) <br/>ČSD: 1976 (Czechoslovakia) <br/>DB: 1962<br/>DR: 1988<br/>ÖBB: 1976<br/>JŽ: 1988-1992
| withdrawndate    = 
| preservedunits   = Many preserved
| restoredate      = 
| scrapdate        = 
| currentowner     = 
| disposition      = 
| notes            = Weights are for locos with plate frames
}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name             = DRB Class 52<br/>(condensing tender)
| bgcolor          = A00
| color            = FFF
| image            = Germany Rail 007 Altenbechen.jpg
| alt              = 
| caption          = Class 52 at Altenbeken in March 1953 with a 2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;13.5&nbsp;Kon tender
| hatnote          = Only changes from standard version are shown
| powertype        = Steam
| designer         = 
| builder          = [[Henschel & Sohn]]
| ordernumber      = 
| serialnumber     = 
| buildmodel       = 
| builddate        = 1943–1945
| totalproduction  = {{ubl|''3′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;16&nbsp;Kon:'' 140|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;13.5&nbsp;Kon:'' 38}}
| rebuilder        = 
| rebuilddate      = 
| numberrebuilt    = 
| whytetype        = <!-- {{whyte|}} -->
| uicclass         = 
| DRGtype          = 
| driver           = <!-- e.g. 1st, 2nd  or 3rd coupled axle -->
| gauge            = <!-- {{track gauge| }} -->
| leadingdiameter  = 
| driverdiameter   = <!-- USA terminology -->
| trailingdiameter = 
| tenderdiameter   = <!-- tender wheel diameter -->
| carrydiameter    = 
| minimumcurve     = 
| wheelbase        = 
|  wheelspacing    = <!-- coupled wheels with asymmetrical wheel spacing --> 
|  engine total    = 
|  leading         = 
|  drivers         = <!-- USA terminology -->
|  coupled         = <!-- British terminology -->
|  trailing        = 
|  tender total    = {{ubl|''3′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;16&nbsp;Kon:''|{{convert|1500|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|1500|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|4385|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|<u>{{convert|2000|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} {{=}}</u>|{{convert|9385|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}|''4&nbsp;T&nbsp;30:''|{{convert|1800|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|{{convert|3650|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} +|<u>{{convert|1800|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} {{=}}</u>|{{convert|7250|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}}}
|  tendertruck     = <!-- USA terminology -->
|  tenderbogie     = <!-- British terminology -->
|  wheelbasewithtender = {{ubl|''3′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;16&nbsp;Kon:'' {{convert|23185|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;13.5&nbsp;Kon:'' {{convert|21755|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}}}
| racksystem       = 
| pivotcentres     = <!-- Garratts, diesels and electrics -->
| length           = 
|  over headstocks = 
|  over buffers    = {{ubl|''3′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;16&nbsp;Kon:'' {{convert|27535|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;13.5&nbsp;Kon:'' {{convert|26205|mm|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}}}}
| width            = 
| height           = 
| frametype        = 
| axleload         = {{convert|15.7|t|abbr=on}}
|  leadingbogie/pony= <!-- load on leading bogie or pony wheel -->
|  coupled all     = <!-- when the load on all coupled wheels are the same -->
|  coupled 1       = <!-- load on 1st coupled wheel -->
|  coupled 2       = <!-- load on 2nd coupled wheel -->
|  coupled 3       = <!-- etc. -->
|  coupled 4       = 
|  coupled 5       = 
|  trail bogie/pony= <!-- load on trailing bogie or pony wheel -->
|  tenderbogieload = <!-- load per tender bogie, use "Truck 1:<br/>Bogie 2:" if different -->
|  tenderaxle      = <!-- use "Axle 1:", etc with "<br/>" for line breaks -->
| weightondrivers  = {{convert|78.7|t|abbr=on}}
| emptyweight      = {{convert|81.2|t|abbr=on}}
| serviceweight    = {{convert|89.1|t|abbr=on}}
| locoweight       = 
| tenderweight     = 
| locotenderweight = 
| tendertype       = {{ubl|3′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;16&nbsp;Kon|2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;13.5&nbsp;Kon}}
| fueltype         = Coal
| fuelcap          = {{convert|9|t|abbr=on}}
| watercap         = {{convert|16|or|13.5|m3|impgal usgal|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}
| tendercap        = 
| sandcap          = 
| fireboxtype      = <!-- Round-top, Belpaire, combustion chamber, etc. -->
|  firearea        = 
| boiler           = <!-- Watson Standard no. x, etc -->
|  boilertype      = <!-- Domeless, etc -->
|  pitch           = <!-- height of boiler centreline above the railhead -->
|  diameterinside  = 
|  lengthinside    = <!-- distance between tube plates -->
|  smalltubediameter= <!-- number of boiler tubes and their outside diameter -->
|  largetubediameter= <!-- number of larger tubes (flues), if any, and their outside diameter -->
| boilerpressure   = 
| safetyvalvetype  = <!-- Salter spring balance, Ramsbottom, Pop, etc. -->
| feedwaterheater  = 
|  fireboxarea     = 
|  tubearea        = 
|  archarea        = 
|  fluearea        = 
|  tubesandflues   = 
|  totalsurface    = 
| superheatertype  = 
|  superheaterarea = 
| cylindercount    = 2
| cylindersize     = 
| cylinderpressure = 
| valvegear        = Heusinger (Kuhn Slide)
| valvetype        = Piston Valve
| valvetravel      = 
| valvelap         = 
| valvelead        = 
| transmission     = 
| trainheating     = Steam
| locobrakes       = Knorr
| locobrakeforce   = 
| trainbrakes      = Knorr
| safety           = 
| coupling         = Screw Link
| maxspeed         = 80 Kmh (50 mph)
| indicatedpower   = 
| poweroutput      = 1,620 PS (1,600 HP)
| tractiveeffort   = 
| factorofadhesion = 
| operator         = 
| operatorclass    = 
| powerclass       = 
| numinclass       = 
| fleetnumbers     = {{ubl|''3′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;16&nbsp;Kon:'' 52&nbsp;1850 – 52&nbsp;1989|''2′2′&nbsp;T&nbsp;13.5&nbsp;Kon:'' 52&nbsp;1990 – 52&nbsp;2027}}
| officialname     = 
| nicknames        = 
| axleloadclass    = 
| locale           = 
| deliverydate     = 
| firstrundate     = 
| lastrundate      = 
| retiredate       = 
| withdrawndate    = 
| preservedunits   = 
| restoredate      = 
| scrapdate        = 
| currentowner     = 
| disposition      = 
| notes            = 
}}
The [[Deutsche Reichsbahn]]'s '''Class 52'''<ref group=note>Wartime locomotives classes are prefixed DRB (Deutsche Reichsbahn) to distinguish them from those introduced by the DRG (prefixed DRG), which became defunct in 1937, and those introduced later by the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (prefixed DR).</ref> is a German [[steam locomotive]] built in large numbers during the [[Second World War]]. It was the most produced type of the so-called ''[[Kriegslokomotive]]n'' or ''Kriegsloks'' (war locomotives). The Class 52 was a wartime development of the pre-war [[DRG Class 50]], using fewer parts and less expensive materials to speed production. They were designed by [[Richard Paul Wagner|Richard Wagner]] who was Chief Engineer of the Central Design Office at the Locomotive Standards Bureau of the DRG. About a dozen classes of locomotive were referred to as ''Kriegslokomotiven''; however, the three main classes were the Class 52, [[DRB Class 50|50]] and [[DRG Class 42|42]]. They were numbered 52 1-52 7794. A total of 20 are preserved in Germany.

Many locomotives passed into Russian ownership after the [[World War II|Second World War]]. In the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], the class were designated '''TE''' (TЭ). Other operators of the type included [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Norway]] and [[Turkey]], among others.

==Design==
The Class 52 was a simplified version of the prewar Reichsbahn class 50 locomotive (produced 1938–1942). The simplified design of the class 52 was intended to reduce the man-hours and skills needed to manufacture it and to adapt to wartime shortages of strategic materials. Additional design changes gave the locomotives and their crew better protection against the cold.<ref name="Sosnowiec"/> Between 1942 and the end of the war in May 1945, over 6,300 Class 52 locomotives were built. Additional locomotives were built post-war, giving a class total of probably 6719 units, delivered by seventeen manufacturers. The [[DRG Class 42|Class 42]] was a larger version of the Class 52, but was produced in smaller numbers.

[[Richard Paul Wagner|Wagner]] had wanted locomotives which were long-lasting and easy to maintain, and unlike British engineers did not consider a high [[power-to-weight ratio]] a priority.  The resulting ''Kriegslokomotive'' had a low [[axleload]] of {{convert|15|t|sigfig=3}} and could haul 40 percent more freight than the old Prussian locomotives they replaced. The Class 52 could haul {{convert|1,200|t|sigfig=3}} at {{cvt|65|km/h|mph}} without significant strain. On a 3% grade they could haul 800 tons at 5&nbsp;km/h.

== Manufacture ==
Over 7,794 locomotives of  DRB Class 52 type were built across Europe for use on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Thus it was one of the most numerous steam locomotives in the world. To achieve such numbers, the German locomotive manufacturers were merged into the 'Community of Greater German Locomotive Manufacturers', ''Gemeinschaft Grossdeutscher Lokomotivhersteller'' (GGL), which was a subdivision of the 'Rail Vehicles Main Committee', ''Hauptausschuss Schienenfahrzeuge'' (HAS) founded in 1942. Key HAS figures were the Reichsminister for munition and armament, [[Albert Speer]] and the Reich transport minister, [[Julius Dorpmüller]].

Following the [[invasion of Poland]] in September 1939 Nazi Germany disbanded the [[Polish State Railways]] (PKP). Polish rail officials were either [[Intelligenzaktion|executed]] in mass shootings or [[German AB-Aktion in Poland|imprisoned]], and some 8,000 managerial positions were staffed with German officials.<ref name="Wasilewski"/> Former Polish companies began producing German engines BR44, BR50 and BR86 as early as 1940, some using [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]]. By 1944, the factories in [[Poznań]] and [[Chrzanów]] were producing the redesigned ''Kriegslok'' BR52 locomotives for the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]. These locomotives were made almost entirely of steel; locomotives in that battlespace were not expected to survive for long, so managers eliminated the use of higher-value non-ferrous metals like bronze, chrome, copper, brass, and nickel.<ref name="Wasilewski">{{cite web|url=http://old.pkp.pl/node/178 |title=25 września. Wcielenie kolei polskich na Śląsku, w Wielkopolsce i na Pomorzu do niemieckich kolei państwowych Deutsche Reichsbahn (Takeover of Polish Railways in Silesia, Greater Poland and Pomerania) |publisher=[[Polskie Koleje Państwowe]] PKP |year=2014 |access-date=8 February 2014 |author=Jerzy Wasilewski |via=Archive.is |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140208175309/http://old.pkp.pl/node/178 |archive-date=8 February 2014 }}</ref>

The GGL included the following locomotive manufacturers (including an approximate number of Class 52s produced):

# [[LOFAG]], [[Vienna]]: 1,053 units
# [[Henschel]], [[Kassel]] (Henschel Flugzeugwerke AG): 1,050 units ([[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]])<ref name="academia-List"/>
# [[Berliner Maschinenbau|Schwartzkopff]], [[Berlin]]: 647 units
# [[Krauss-Maffei]], [[Munich]]: 613 units
# [[Borsig Lokomotiv Werke (AEG)|Borsig]], Berlin; branches: Borsig-Rheinmetall AG Düsseldorf (in [[Siemianowice Śląskie|Siemianowice]], Poland), Borsig Lokomotivwerke Hennigsdorf, Borsig Werke Breslau-Hundsfeld (now [[Wrocław]]-Psie Pole, Poland): 542 units ([[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]], incl. [[List of subcamps of Auschwitz|KL Auschwitz]])<ref name="academia-List">{{cite journal |url=https://www.academia.edu/2019159 |title=List of german firms that used prisoners from concentration camps for slave labor |publisher=The [[International Tracing Service]], ITS |journal=Catalogue of Camps and Prisons in Germany and the German-Occupied Territories |date=July 1949 |access-date=11 August 2014 |author=Eliah Meyer }}</ref>
# [[Schichau-Werke]] Elbing (now [[Elbląg]], Poland): 505 units ([[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]], incl. [[KZ Stutthof]],<ref name="Schichau-USHMM">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vsQMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Schichau+Werke%22 |title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945 |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2009 |access-date=11 August 2014 |author=[[Geoffrey P. Megargee]], USHMM |isbn=978-0253354297}}</ref> and its subcamps).<ref name="V.S.">{{cite web | url=http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/gdansk/13,sites-of-martyrdom/27339,gdansk-kokoszki-kl-stutthof-sub-camp/ | title=Gdańsk-Kokoszki - KL Stutthof Sub Camp | publisher=[[POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews]] | work=[[Virtual Shtetl]] | date=2015 | access-date=10 March 2015 | author=J. Więsyk | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152554/http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/gdansk/13,sites-of-martyrdom/27339,gdansk-kokoszki-kl-stutthof-sub-camp/ | archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref>
# Maschinenbau und Bahnbedarfs AG (MBA) formerly [[Orenstein & Koppel]], [[Babelsberg]]: 400 units
# DWM Posen, [[Poznań]] (occupied Poland), German takeover of Polish manufacturer [[H. Cegielski – Poznań]]: 314 units ([[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]])<ref name="Sosnowiec">{{cite book |url=http://www.nowezaglebie.pl/katalog.net.pdf |chapter=Sosnowiec |publisher=Zagłębiowska Oficyna Wydawnicza Publishing |title=Katalog Zabytków Techniki Przemysłowej Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego |year=2012 |access-date=9 February 2014 |author1=Michał Kubara |author2=Beata Mamcarczyk |author3=Marcin Paździora |author4=Sandra Schab |pages=84&ndash;85 |isbn=978-83-928381-1-1 |format=PDF file, direct download 9.97 MB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206163838/http://www.nowezaglebie.pl/katalog.net.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2013 }}</ref>
# Oberschlesische Lokfabrik Krenau, [[Chrzanów]] (occupied Poland), German takeover of Polish manufacturer [[Fablok]]: 264 units ([[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]])<ref name="Sosnowiec"/>
# [[Maschinenfabrik Esslingen]]: 250 units
# [[Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik|Jung]], Jungenthal, Kirchen: 231 units
# [[Škoda Works]], [[Plzeň]]: 153 units
# [[Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden|Grafenstaden]], [[Strasbourg]]: 139 units

== Post-war use ==
In the early postwar years, Class 52s were used by many European countries. Western European countries replaced them with more modern locomotives as soon as possible, with the exception of Austria where they were used until 1976. The simplicity and effectiveness, plus the large production total, meant that many eastern European countries were slow to withdraw their ''Kriegslokomotiven''. Poland used them into the 1990s; some in Bosnia are still in use as of 2023.

*[[Belgium]], [[SNCB]] '''[[SNCB Type 26|Type 26]]''' – 100 locomotives originally ordered by the DRG from Belgian manufacturers during the occupation but not completed until after liberation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dampflokomotivarchiv.de/index.php?nav=1414189&lang=1 |title=SNCB Reihe 26 |work=Dampflokomotivarchiv |accessdate=2024-05-01}}</ref>
*[[Bosnia]] – some still in industrial service transporting [[brown coal]] from the [[Kreka coal mine|Kreka mine]] in Bosnia as of 2023.
*[[Bulgaria]], [[Bulgarian State Railways|BDŽ]] class '''15''' – over 150 locomotives numbered 15.01-1650 .
*[[Czechoslovakia]], [[ČSD]] class '''555.0''' – Some rebuilt as Class '''555.3''' to burn [[mazut]] fuel oil, a large surplus of which was generated in [[synthetic fuel]] plants in occupied Czechoslovakia from brown coal. The 555.3 differed visibly by having a lid on the smokestack to slow down cooling of the lining of the flue passage, to prevent cracking.
*[[East Germany]] – around 800 locomotives. 200 rebuilt as '''[[DR Class 52.80]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mediathek.slub-dresden.de/db/apsisa.dll/ete?action=displayZoom&medium=vid_dig_x_002824.mp4&sstate=eJyVVVtvGkcUZsEVeDE1OXYSSptWpU0VVanFLhcvzkuixpFaVW3UfbWEht0BJuzO0J1Z28mvzzmzi2WKeQgPcOb7zm3OZWg48MkFHq_P_st59vFMGyZjlsVtp1PpuVplJlaRzNMXjv_Mbdzw2ZRlnMFX70SS8m7tzd9vezWTrH6t-M_dI6LnGReG3xo45EJzOWNLeV8tcF47fzY2Ubov3ROKnSi1ytd3waHSrfRabsX-FnYvnOC057q1S68Pjtdxeo9I9qCxVCk_u00ThNoE-VCPUl0iZ4QM4LnJ43U-S0T02zpTcR4ZoSRG44uUSRQ-ophq1LcBhkWAJskjqEq1Icbg9FF-QvI5tP7lOk_M-4zjNc3GIICq19-kN4EGVi9PC_7QrV76he8TZP0-3KsvgkcEelBjOsJTi04jOJBK8tK5P4ZqzMts_KBwRV4HRWLHKA6hPlfZDRbR6lUv8QY-kT-gPIGnMxatLryX3ishGZbhmr-yH1ToWYWu5muWMaMyq_U_nZ-szrebS1kVzRMeGR5_kaNSp0z1ov9QQph96JU3fuzWQuz81oQVJQtxCGpqPi8aE2L_dxpjtcYbrQ6dAjiei8Tw7A95LbSYJRQEiJnAoZACwQJ7hhh26jQ0zOT6L7UQEr8WPP4nJ9ffEO1B2yy53Z9pZmPrMqrvQy2yk2X9DPb6OSV6BM0Z0ytupteC32yMxnuN2kSfQ13IayWiu2yDvQZURX8CR1rIRcKLMhWjFg76cJAIvXE78KAec8NEoku7gb9j95TgAXxNU_zWTvG0mN0mEcNyE6zx-OGg59tBg_tBqU-DCRzrpbr5XaU0b-9URovyHQ7GcO8lqQbD_R0jt0PvIbfW0N9r-IjoITSEjJI85vEGGu1C413ofBcKdqHJFoT7HI6oJHNW1KyDQLBn2KrhBA7oVcbTz24znk-jJVvjhGs4oa1Rsw8xM4JnuVxMP5HN99taLdJaqXStZNGSh3ghUV5nnPjuNn9IfMYXggbxl23uMXFrlPAxkxgEfeBhj4-EzXhib7vF1e0tMmMHYItpEqPz2Qd8h-xObrF3f1p2zVpIpey2WH4NzgjRH90mrjxC-GKZJbQvL67evA-vlkqbSMn5Vcf5DDHz4Hk |title= DRB Class 52 |date=1960-01-01|publisher= 	Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden, Mediathek |access-date=2025-05-04}}</ref>
*[[Hungary]], [[MÁV]] [[MÁV Class 520|class '''520''']] – 100 locomotives acquired from the Soviet Union in 1963 and used into the 1980s.
*[[Luxembourg]], [[Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois|CFL]] '''5600'''-series – 20 locomotives, half ex-SNCB Type 26, half built by SACM in 1946.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dampflokomotivarchiv.de/index.php?nav=1414190&lang=1 |title=CFL 56 |work=Dampflokomotivarchiv |accessdate=2024-05-01}}</ref>
*[[Norway]], [[Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996)|NSB]] class '''63''' – 74 locomotives sent during the German occupation and seized post-war. Nicknamed ''Stortysker'' ("big German"). One engine, restored by the [[Norwegian Railway Club]], is preserved at the [[Norwegian Railway Museum]] in [[Hamar]].
*[[Poland]], [[Polish State Railways|PKP]] [[PKP class Ty2|class '''Ty2''']] – 1,200 locomotives after the end of the war, a further 200 acquired from the Soviet Union in 1962–64. Began to be phased out in the 1980s; its last regular use was in 1999.
*[[Romania]], [[Romanian State Railways|CFR]] class '''150.1000''' – about 100 locomotives.
*[[Soviet Union]], Class '''TE''' ({{langx|ru|ТЭ}}, from ''Trophy, equivalent to E-class'') – over 2,100 locomotives captured or seized.
*[[Turkey]], [[Turkish State Railways|TCDD]] [[TCDD 56501 Class|class '''56501 ''']] – 10 locomotives purchased from Germany in 1943, a further 43 loaned from Germany in 1943-44, which were permanently seized when Turkey declared war on Germany.
*[[Yugoslavia]], [[Yugoslav Railways]] '''JŽ 33''' – nearly 350<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pospichal.net/lokstatistik/20033-jdz33.htm |last=Pospichal |first=Josef |title=JDŽ 33 |work=Lokstatistik |accessdate=2024-05-01}}</ref> including 15 supplied directly to Serbia and 24 to Croatia during the occupation.{{sfn|Hütter|2012|pp=389–390}}<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.stacion.hr/vs/p33/jz33.htm| language = hr| work = www.stacion.hr| title = Serija JŽ 33 (Kriegslokomotive DRB 52)| access-date = 2012-03-19| archive-date = 2009-12-26| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091226135253/http://www.stacion.hr/vs/p33/jz33.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
Several Class 52s have been preserved in operating condition. One is at the [[Nene Valley Railway]] in [[Peterborough]], [[England]]. Another one is in service with the [[Franconian Museum Railway]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]].

<gallery widths=150 class=center>
File:Steam locomotive RN 52 4867.JPG|DB 52&nbsp;4867 at the Eisenbahnmuseum Kranichstein (2005)
File:52 4867 Hafenbahn Frankfurt.jpg|DB 52&nbsp;4867 of the Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt (2004)
File:Soviet-steam-locomotive-te-5200-ex-german-52-tashkent.jpg|Soviet TЭ-5200 in [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]] (2003)
File:52.6084 at Graz depot, summer 1971.jpg|Austrian ([[ÖBB]]) 52&nbsp;6084 (1971)
File:OeBB 52 class with tender cab.jpg|Austrian (ÖBB) 52 class rebuilt with tender cab, [[Giesl ejector]], Graz (1971)
File:Грузовой паровоз ТЭ 6769 (2).jpg|Soviet ТЭ-6769 (ex-Class 52) preserved at [[St. Petersburg]] (2007)
File:Polish Ty-2 class.jpg|52 class as running after the War on [[Polish State Railways|PKP]] as class Ty2 (August 1976)
File:Locomotive BR52-8079-7.jpg|Reconstructed DR 52&nbsp;8177-9 in [[Dresden]] (2003).
File:Weimar 52 8109.JPG|Reconstructed DR 52&nbsp;8109-2 in Weimar (2003)
File:Modern Steam Dampflokomotive DLM 52 8055.JPG|The most up to date class 52, 52&nbsp;8055 completely rebuilt, [[Hauenstein railway line#The Hauenstein-summit tunnel|Hauenstein]]
File:Sigmundsherberg - Eisenbahnmuseum, Dampflok 52.855.JPG|Steam locomotive 52.855 in the Railway Museum Sigmundsherberg, Lower Austria
File:Lokomotiva 555.0153, vlak Králický Sněžník, Hanušovice 02.jpg|Czechoslovak (ČSD) 555.0 class in [[Hanušovice]] (2021)
</gallery>

== Notes ==
{{reflist| group=note}}

==See also==
* [[The Museum of the Moscow Railway]], at [[Paveletsky Rail Terminal]], [[Moscow]]
* [[Rizhsky Rail Terminal]], [[Moscow]], Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
* [[History of rail transport in Russia]]
* [[List of railway museums]] (worldwide)
* [[Russian Railway Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Literature ==
*{{Hütter-50bis53|pages=158–393, 395–409}}
*{{cite book| title =The German Class 52 Kriegslok| author=Peter Slaughter|author2=Alexander Vassiliev|author3= Roland Beier|language=en, de|year =1996|publisher = Frank Stenvalls Förlag|isbn= 91-7266-140-2}}
*{{Weisbrod-EFA1.2|pages=63–71}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|DRB Class 52}}
* [http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ttt/german-class-52-locomotive.html The German Class 52 Locomotive]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22WpmgXZwcQ DRB 52 8134 under way, winter 2012.]

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