OKf 100/ TK-14 - the Lithuanian/ Polish passenger train locomotive

In 1932, the Czechoslovak "Škoda" factory manufactured 4 TK series steam locomotives for hauling high-speed train sets by order of the "Lietuvos Geležinkeliai". In Lithuania, they received markings from TK-11 to TK-14. During the years of war, these steam locomotives, like most other 'Lithuanian Railways" rolling stock, wandered from country to country and were used mainly for military purposes. After the occupation of Lithuania, the Tk-14 steam locomotive was assigned to the Riga Railways hub and was based at the Skirotava steam locomotive depot. During the first occupation of the USSR, these steam locomotives were rebuilt on wider (Russian) gauge chassis and were used as such until the German occupation. The Germans rebuilt them again on European gauge chassis and began to use them for their own purposes from the end of July 1941. TK-14 ended up in Austria, where it is unclear, why the marking was changed to Pk-14. There is no information about its service in Austria (what it transported, on what routes). It is only known, that it was used to haul passenger trains and was assigned to the Vienna-Hutteldorf railway depot. Immediately after the war, most European countries began searching for their own railway rolling stock, scattered throughout Europe. Poland was among those countries. In addition to searching for their own rolling stock, part of the railway property for which no owners, were found was distributed as reparations. Thus, our TK-14, among the many rolling stock, received under reparations or left on Polish territory, went to the Polish Republic. On November 15, 1948, it arrived at the Zebrzydovyczi depot on its own as part of the second reparation batch. The machines were entered into the PKP inventory according to special instructions. If true identification was impossible, the steam locomotives were entered into the lists, according to the marking of a similar series and were given a Polish, usually incorrect, marking. It is unclear whether in the case of TK-14 its marking was misinterpreted (PK 14 + the letter T meaning "Soviet spoils of war"), or whether it was done specifically according to the PKP markings. Therefore, the most common marking is Tkp 14. Initially, its technical condition was assessed as very good and the locomotive was entered into the PKP inventory list with another change of marking - Okf 100-1. However, due to the lack of many spare parts and cracks in the main wheels, the locomotive was sent to the repair workshop in Wrocław and entered into the inventory list of the Katowice railway depot DOKP Katowice. However, the workshop did not even start repairs, and in 1950 it was removed from the inventory lists and sent for cutting. However, the well-preserved steam boiler was used until the beginning of the 70s in the boiler room of the Wrocław repair depot, when it was also cut.

A complex, well-designed and richly detailed model of a Lithuanian passenger train locomotive, which was in the "Polish Railways" locomotive fleet in the post-war years, but an unused large steam locomotive without driver's cab equipment detalization. There is no stock of colors, but they can be "combined" from the gluing sectors of outboard of parts. Based on rare photos on the Internet, You can try to restore the original appearance of the "Lietuvos Geležinkeliai" locomotive, which is what is done during the production of the model on a scale of 1:25 in the attached photo. The textual instructions are quite extensive, but confusing and incomplete, the graphic ones are good, but also difficult to read and incomplete. THE PUBLICATION IS NOT NEW, therefore it is sold at a lower price than on the publisher's website.