Germany GermanyGüsten: Everyone knows the place for the last stand of the Mikado's of class 41. That's why Stassfurt in the 80ies became a pilgrim-goal for many steam-enthusiast, but the class 41 came here only for their last years; like the Pacific's of class 03 did in the 70ies. The plans of the services were made for class 50 - so the Mikado's were totally unchallenged. The class 50 was the main-class of Güsten. Up to 40 engines were in the rolling stock at the same time in the middle of the 70ies. In 1987 the engines of class 50 were dumped; the class 41 followed one year later...
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| An exotic engine in Güsten: Pacific 01.1512-1 in lower services in 1982 before it was given back to Magdeburg. | Waiting to be scraped: The remains of the class 03 in Stassfurt in 1983. (first: 03.2256-0) | |
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| Everyday life: 41.1148-0 with passenger 3226 from Sangerhausen to Magdeburg is waiting in Güsten. | Another engine which is already scraped: 41.1159-7 dumped at the coaling point in Stassfurt April 1987. | |
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| The last days: 41.1231-4 is leaving Biendorf with a freight train to from Güsten to Köthen September 1988. | When class 50 was still in use: 50.3682-7 is coming up the gradient near Eickendorf with a train from Magdeburg. | |
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| Wistful retrospective: In July 1987 was 50.3580 still a real steam-locomotive and was under repair in Stassfurt. Today it's outfit is totally changed (Disney-look) and renumbered as 50.245 | Not far from Güsten the last of LEW Henningsdorf built steam-locos was still preserved for heating: 65.1002 in Giersleben. |
