Class 56.5 (1'E h2 / 2-10-0) Steam Locomotives

The Class 56.5 is the ubiquitous German KriegsLokomotive (Class 52). Five are based at Kemalpasa for mostly passenger and mixed traffic.

TCDD 56509 and 56528 depart Ceviztepe with a mixed train for Kemalpasa station.

The fireman on the 56509 is working hard to build-up boiler pressure as the engine crew prepares to head out to the yard to pick up their train. Tea made from hot water of the super-heater of a big steam engine is some of the best to be had in Turkey.

 

TCDD 56528 at the Kemalpasa Roundhouse. The TCDD acquired 53 of the Krieglokomotive from the Germans during World War II.

 

TCDD 56549 at the Kemalpasa Roundhouse. This is another German Krieglokomotive. Five are based at Kemalpasa.

 

TCDD 56523 outside the Kemalpasa Roundhouse. Note the Floridsdorf rigid frame tender.

TCDD 56523 with a freight train arrives at Ceviztepe Station.