Now they're ready: the filling pipe is connected, all the slide-valves are open and the medium pressure steam of 25 bar flows from the power plant boiler into the locomotive. In approx. 20 minutes the engine has regained its operating pressure - time for the locomotive crew to take a little break.

Now they're ready: the filling pipe is connected, all the slide-valves are open and the medium pressure steam of 25 bar flows from the power plant boiler into the locomotive. In approx. 20 minutes the engine has regained its operating pressure - time for the locomotive crew to take a little break.

Düsseldorf-Flingern, Dr. Joachim Leitsch, Dampfspeicherlok, Werkbahn, Europa, Deutschland, NRW