Roco 03.10 DR Serie Manuel page 29

The Original
The class 03.10 steam locomotives remaining with the German State Railway received a new high-performance boiler construc-
tion from the year 1959 in order to achieve increased economic efficiency in daily operation. These locomotives were designated
as "Rekoloks". They were also equipped with a square-shaped mixing preheater positioned in front of the chimney. Several years
later, in 1965, all the machines remaining the property of the German State Railway were converted to main oil-firing systems.
The locomotives were operated in daily express train transport until most of them were withdrawn from service in the 1970s and
rolled into sidings. During their years of service at the DR, they achieved in part record-breaking running performances of approx-
imately 20,000 kilometres per month.
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