I think these were used for local express services, so probably green express coaches (like Marklin 4141 for DRG) and then probably commuter service later in DB life (maybe Marklin 4131 or similar, maybe even some siverling coaches).

Keep in mind that 3099 started out as as DRG loco, and then at some point Marklin switched it to DB. If you're concerned about eras this would impact you.

-Brandon

brandonva thanks, that helped my search a bit more and I think I'll retain this locomotive as to eventually find a local express consist for it.
and I'm not too nitpicky for era as long as things still look like they fit together (so yeah I do not think a daily steam express and ICE-3M trains are ever supposed to run together at all...heh! )

per, I've liked green prussian locomotives better than black ones sometimes for some reason but don't have a hard preference on that tho

Tom, wasn't it so that the P8s were taken over by DRG, and as you point out were given class 38.10-40, then continued as class 38 in both DR of the GDR and in DB before computer numbers, when class 38 became 038?

I can admit that I abbreviated the DRG class to 38, which may have been incorrect, but could you confirm or correct my "numbering evolution trees" described above?

(Helmut Kern lists under BR 38, P8 for instance 3098(1) and 2960 as DB era III locomotives with numbers 38 nnnn.

In the English Wikipedia it is stated that P8s were built from 1908 to 1926 and in the German Wikipedia 1906 - 1923. From what I have understood, the Weimar Republic when setting up the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen in 1920 took over the Prussian State Railways. The Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen later became the DRG. During the 1920-ies the DRG continued building the P8s and they were probably delivered as 38.10-40.

Per

Also keep in mind that this loco had a somewhat low top speed of 110 km/hr, so I do not think you will find it pulling too many big express trains.

-Brandon