It seems that when Hitler was presented with the project of the Br 07, he was not particularly enthusiastic ("Was ist diese Kleinigkeit" --> What is this smallness?). However, Göring, always attentive to the principal's pathos, had an ace up his sleeve: the variant 2 that, fortunately, never touched the tracks...
This is the highest expression of Hitler's gigantism applied to the railways: 2.30 meter drive wheels, 7 driving axles connected to 3 groups of 3 cylinders each. Also for this locomotive the logic was: can't it bend? Straighten the railway lines...
Fortunately Hitler had other things to worry about and he reserved less and less interest in the RAEUDL projects, although he continued to finance them abundantly.
Not many people around have precise information about this machine. The only reliable source in this regard is a certain Hubert Ziegele, at the time porter at the Hotel Mayrhof in Bayreuth and Obersturmausschussführer of the NPD cell in Bad Aufenthalt. Ziegele is certainly reliable, as he was on very good terms with Göring. The chubby hierarch entrusted him with the task of contacting a certain Ludwig S. Dillendorf, a fellow party member, for advice. Dillendorf, a fellow party member since the early days and whom Göring still remembered from the days when he had organized a pogrom at the kindergarten in Neustettner Dorf. Dillendorf had made a name for himself in the design of stackable pocket mowers.
It seems that when he was asked: "What's the point of such a long boiler? He replied, "But how! ... To fit batteries..."
Hubert Ziegele then managed to recover the original drawings of the machine and smuggled them along with a few tons of gold to South America. Simon Wiesenthal managed to recover them in 1958 but it seems that these drawings were not strategically important for the young state of Israel or for the historical archives. I received them anonymously with a note: "Avenge me." Frankly, I am puzzled. What could it possibly mean? Who will be the anonymous person to avenge? And towards whom should the revenge be directed? Why me, who is not very strong in revenge and torture? Where will all this lead me? What is the point of all this? Are there no longer any half seasons? It's always the best who leave first....
Strange how even writing about trains connects so immediately to the mystery of existence....