German Class 01 No. 01 150
A standard Pacific with a strong German identity.
Bring the engine
to life.
Start with the suggested palette or choose your own colours. Build gentle layers around the engine's distinctive shapes.
Suggested pencil shades and approximate screen swatches. These are not historical paint specifications.
Start lightly and build the darker surfaces gradually. Preserve the printed details.
Leave fine white highlights to separate the moving parts.
Keep the surroundings quieter than the locomotive. Retain light sky areas.
Look a little closer.
No. 01 150 in black with red wheels and frame, hauling a train beside the river at Trier. Read each caption before using it as a colour or configuration reference.
No. 01 150 in black with red wheels and frame, hauling a train beside the river at Trier. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Cobatfor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
No. 01 150 in black with red wheels and frame details, viewed from the front three-quarter angle. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Elevated view of 01 150 with a black boiler and bright red running gear. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Berlinverkehr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Historical side view carrying the computer-era number 001 150-2, with black boiler surfaces and red wheels and frame. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
8474tim (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Low-light working view of 01 150 with its black bodywork and smoke deflectors. Colour detail is limited in the shadowed running gear. Photograph of the named locomotive. Preserved appearance may differ from its original working condition.
Joachim Lutz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source photograph. Resized and converted to WebP.
Know the version.
The source below supports the locomotive identity and history. The photographs record the finish visible when each image was taken. A preserved or replica finish does not establish the original paint specification. Exact original paint shades and all period marking details have not been established for this guide.
The pencil example uses black and railway red. Its palette is interpretive. The gallery records the particular appearances described in its captions; preserved engines, replicas and monochrome photographs cannot establish every original shade or marking.
Märklin historical account of No. 01 150Did you know?
No. 01 150 took part in the 1935 celebrations marking one hundred years of German railways, the same year it was built.
Make the details count.
Apply red to the wheels in thin layers so the rods stay visible.
Shade the smoke deflectors differently from the smokebox.