The first steam locomotives of the later class 58.10-40 were built in 1917 as the Prussian G 12 at the Henschel works. By 1924, almost 1,500 examples had been built by various locomotive factories for the Prussian, Baden, Württemberg and Saxon railroads. The approx. 1,550 hp locomotives formed the backbone of heavy freight traffic until the mid-1930s. After theSecond World War, steam locomotives of the class 58 were found in both German states.The Deutsche Bundesbahn was able to dispense with these locomotives quite quickly and continued to use them until the end of the 1950s. and phased them out by the end of the 1950s. The Deutsche Reichsbahn, on the other hand, continued to rely on their service for a long time.on their service for a long time. Some of these locomotives were rejuvenated in the sixties.but they were also used in their original design until the mid-seventies.The Bw Aue/Sachs. in particular became famous for the last service of the class 58 in 1976.The new Arnold modelThe class 58.10-40 is a long cherished wish of many TT railroaders. We at Arnold have always been aware of this. From the beginning it was clear that we wanted to show with a model of this legendary locomotive what is possible in TT gauge and that TT is not without reason the "gauge of the middle": A robust construction, easy maintenance, fine details and excellent driving characteristics do not have to be opposites!And so development began with constructing the frame, locomotive boiler, tender running gear and housing from metal injection molding.We also attached great importance to scale and provided the wheels of the middle three locomotive wheel sets with fine wheel flanges.In order to achieve optimal driving characteristics even on old, uneven track, some wheel sets are spring-loaded. This ensures contact to the rail.Many of the model's grab irons are made of overmolded steel wire, and a driver and a stoker figure in the driver's cab complete the shapely and powerful steam locomotive model.The new Arnold model in highlights- Frame, locomotive boiler, tender running gear and housing made ofmetal injection molding

Depending on the model version, the locomotive has athree- or four-domed boiler, bell, coal box and gascoal box attachment and gas tank on the rear end of thetender- Powerful five-pole engine with flywheel mass in the locomotive boilerhorizontal

All wheel sets with finest spokes, some of them with finewheel flanges for a prototypical appearance- Three locomotive wheel sets as well as the center tender wheel set havesprung for optimal driving characteristics- All lamps illuminated according to direction of travel and switchable in digitalswitchable in digital operation- Many extra details, where possible made of robust steel wiresteel wire- The interior of the driver's cab and the front of the tenderwere elaborately detailed

All model versions also available with sound Thesound was specially developed by us for this model- Couplings on locomotive and tender withCoupling mounts according to NEM 355- Close coupling between locomotive and tender- Digital interface according to NEM 662 ("Next 18")- Analog version prepared for the installation of arectangular loudspeaker (15 x 11 mm)- Minimum radius: 310 mm- Length over buffers: 154 mm- Weight: approx. 130 g