PIKO 37200 Deutsche Reichsbahn BR80 Steam Locomotive.

The BR80's were used as shunting locomotives at large switch yards in the fleet of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. It is less well known that the development of all German standard steam locos arose from the planning of a replacement for the Prussian T3. The BR80 became the original type for all standard tender locomotives. But the shunting loco never reached good operational effectiveness, even though many of the engineering details were tried and tested. Up to 1928several manufactures made a total of 39 engines, used in Cologne and Leipzig. Most of the locomotives remained around Leipzig after the last war, and were used until 1968 and the DB got 17 engines. The last DB BR80 was decommissioned at the Schweinfurt Depot in 1965. Some of the locomotives were sold to large companies and coal mines, where they remained in service until the end of the seventies. There are seven BR80's, some of which are maintained as museum engines.