In the nineteen thirties streamline became more and more important to improve topspeed and economy of transport, both in the automotive sector and in railways. That's why the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Railways) ordered a new series of streamlined locos to be built. These were based on the standard 01 passenger locomotive, which had 2-cylinder running gear. The new loco, however, had 3-cylinder running gear and was fully streamlined, including the tender. More than 200 were ordered by the Reichsbahn, but only 55 were built until the outbreak of war. At the end of hostilities all locos were brought into the western, allied occupied sector. The 01-1067 was taken out of service with irreparable war damage. Soon the remaining streamline plating, which had already suffered severely during the war, was removed from all machines. Between 1953 and 1957 all remaining locos received new boilers, 34 of them were reverted to oil burning. The 01-10 series was very succesful and used until 1975. One of them, 01-1102, was placed in front of the Bebra station as a static object. In the nineteen-nineties the loco was taken to Meiningen for a complete overhaul, in which it received a new original streamlined plating, but kept its oil burner. The loco was used for a couple of years by a travel agency. It has now been withdrawn and can be seen at Staßfurt, unfortunately not in running condition.