Damplok 77.23, ÖBB – roco 70075

Damplok 77.23 of the Austrian Federal Railways.

New Design!

? Free-standing lines
? Driver’s cab and engine lighting installed; in digital mode switchable.
? Metal buffers
? Finest wheels with low flanges
? Drive and coupling rods made of investment cast metal

The tender locomotive for passenger trains designated as class 77 by the Austrian Federal Railways was procured from 1913 (SB/kkStB class 629) in several series until 1927. The Pacific type 2’C1′ h2t Damplok was authorized to run at a maximum speed of 85 km/h. Practically every depot in Austria was at one time or another equipped with class 77 locomotives. The West and S?dbahn lines and their branch lines were just a part of the 77’s operational area as the Inntal line or the Lindau-Bregenz-St. Margarethen connection. It was not until 1975 that the last locomotives were decommissioned – with the end of steam traction in Austria.