English: A class 38 (later class 038) steam locomotive in Heilbronn station. Class 38 was originally built as class P 8 of the Prussian state railroad (KPEV). It had a 2'C wheel arrangement. About 3700 locomotives were built from 1908 to 1926. They were used for a great variety of passenger and freight trains. Top speed was 100 km/h. Some remained in regular service until 1974. A "Silberling" coach is in the background. Heilbronn was one of the few places where the Deutsche Bundesbahn operated a lot of steam locomotives in 1970. The main line south to Stuttgart had been electrified for many years. Other lines, including the line to Heidelberg along the Neckar River and the main line north to Würzburg, were not yet electrified. I bought an original set of number plates to a class 38 locomotive that had been scrapped in the late 1960s. I still have the plates displayed on a wall at home.