History
As early as 1913 there was a requirement for a powerful goods train locomotive in several of the divisions within the Prussian state railways. This need grew as a result of the First World War; at the same time however the delivery of the first engine by Henschel-Werke was delayed until 1915.
Between 1915 and 1917, 21 vehicles were built for Prussia and 12 for the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine. All the locomotives were manufactured by Henschel. The Prussia locos went to the Erfurt, Cassel and Saarbrücken divisions. Further production was then ceased in favour of the G 12.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn took over 15 vehicles from Prussia as the DRG Class 58.0 and gave them operating numbers 58 001–015. The majority of locomotives were retired by 1935. Numbers 58 002 and 005 ended up in the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War. The last one, number 58 005, was retired in 1957.
The Alsace-Lorraine machines were joined after the First World War by five more former Prussian G 12.1s and employed in front of heavy coal and ore trains. The SNCF designated them as 150-B-546 to 562 and scrapped them by 1955.
The engines were equipped with tenders of Class pr 2'2' T 21.5.
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