The DR Class 83.10 was a newly designed (Neubaulok) steam locomotive built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War and was introduced into service in 1955 and 1956.
The 83.10 was intended for duties on branch lines where a top speed of 60 km/h and a driving wheel diameter of 1,250 mm was sufficient.
The engines were fitted with superheated steam regulators, mixer-preheaters, distributed sandboxes and plate frames.
After the delivery of the first locomotive in 1955 the engine was fully tested at the VES-M Halle trials depot.
The locomotive was never really convincing and, in the light of the looming changeover to diesel operations, only 27 examples were eventually built.