Saxon VIII V2

2 was a twin-coupled tender locomotive procured for passenger services by the Royal Saxon State Railways.

In 1920, the rest of the locomotives were transferred to the newly founded Deutsche Reichsbahn, who retired several examples in the early 1920s.

The locomotives preferred use was in the haulage of passenger trains on the railway lines running up into the Ore Mountains.

Their smaller driving wheels gave the locomotives good acceleration and their top speed of 80 km/h was sufficient for express trains in the highlands.

In the early 1920s, they also had to haul heavy excursion trains of up to 50 axles from Dresden into Saxon Switzerland.

The locomotive had a two-cylinder compound engine with a Walschaerts valve gear and Lindner starting system (Anfahrvorrichtung).