In the early postwar years, Class 52s were used by many European countries. Western European countries replaced them with more modern locomotives as soon as possible, with the exception of Austria where they were used until 1976. The simplicity and effectiveness, plus the large production total, meant that many eastern European countries were slow to withdraw their
Kriegslokomotiven. Poland used them into the 1990s; some in Bosnia are still in use as of 2023. •
Belgium,
SNCB Type 26 – 100 locomotives originally ordered by the DRG from Belgian manufacturers during the occupation but not completed until after liberation. •
Bosnia – some still in industrial service transporting
brown coal from the
Kreka mine in Bosnia as of 2023. •
Bulgaria,
BDŽ class
15 – over 150 locomotives numbered 15.01-1650 . •
Czechoslovakia,
ČSD class
555.0 – Some rebuilt as Class
555.3 to burn
mazut fuel oil, a large surplus of which was generated in
synthetic fuel plants in occupied Czechoslovakia from brown coal. The 555.3 differed visibly by having a lid on the smokestack to slow down cooling of the lining of the flue passage, to prevent cracking. •
East Germany – around 800 locomotives. 200 rebuilt as
DR Class 52.80 •
Hungary,
MÁV class 520 – 100 locomotives acquired from the Soviet Union in 1963 and used into the 1980s. •
Luxembourg,
CFL 5600-series – 20 locomotives, half ex-SNCB Type 26, half built by SACM in 1946. •
Norway,
NSB class
63 – 74 locomotives sent during the German occupation and seized post-war. Nicknamed
Stortysker ("big German"). One engine, restored by the
Norwegian Railway Club, is preserved at the
Norwegian Railway Museum in
Hamar. •
Poland,
PKP class Ty2 – 1,200 locomotives after the end of the war, a further 200 acquired from the Soviet Union in 1962–64. Began to be phased out in the 1980s; its last regular use was in 1999. •
Romania,
CFR class
150.1000 – about 100 locomotives. •
Soviet Union, Class
TE (, from
Trophy, equivalent to E-class) – over 2,100 locomotives captured or seized. •
Turkey,
TCDD class 56501 – 10 locomotives purchased from Germany in 1943, a further 43 loaned from Germany in 1943-44, which were permanently seized when Turkey declared war on Germany. •
Yugoslavia,
Yugoslav Railways JŽ 33 – nearly 350 including 15 supplied directly to Serbia and 24 to Croatia during the occupation. == Gallery ==