List of Mecklenburg locomotives

This list contains an overview of Mecklenburg locomotives built from 1848 to 1922, and is based on the classification scheme of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway (Großherzoglich Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn).

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Context

Mecklenburg is a region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the present day state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its largest cities are Rostock, Schwerin, and Neubrandenburg. In 1815, the two Mecklenburg duchies - Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz - were raised to Grand Duchies, and subsequently existed separately in Germany until the end of World War I. The earlier private railways were nationalised by 1890 into the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway.

Overview of the locomotives

Mecklenburg locomotives were given a name as well as a number at the outset, the names being mainly chosen from geographical features in Mecklenburg. This naming of locomotives ceased in 1895.

Originally, locomotive numbers followed the sequence in which they were produced. In 1890, on nationalisation, however, a new numbering scheme was introduced. Each class was allocated a specific range of numbers. The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway divided the locomotives into the following different classes:

In 1910 a new scheme was introduced that broadly conformed to the Prussian system. This entailed allocating group letters as follows: the letter P to passenger train locomotives (Personenzuglokomotiven), G to goods train locomotives (Güterzuglokomotiven) and T to tank locomotives (Tenderlokomotiven). Individual classes were distinguished by an Arabic numeral after the letter. To specify the sub-class, superscripts were used. So, for example, locomotives with simple steam expansion were to be given a "1" and compound locomotives a "2".

Steam locomotives

Early locomotives for mixed traffic

These locomotives were all built for the Mecklenburg Railway Company and went into the fleet of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway on nationalisation.

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement (UIC) Remarks
to 1895 From 1895
I 42,
45–46,
55–57		 1, 3–5 6 1848–1863 1A1 n2 Collection of various 1A1 locomotive classes
II 43–44,
47–49		 2, 6–7 5 1849–1851 1B n2 Rebuild from 1A1 locomotives
50–53 8 4 1851–1856 1B n2
None 54 301 1 1859 1B n2 Goods train locomotive NICLOT
58–59 302–303 2 1866–1868 B1 n2 Goods train locomotives WODAN and THOR

Passenger train locomotives

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement (UIC) Remarks
to 1895 from 1895
III 12–30 19 1864–1869 1B n2
IV 31–41 11 1871–1879 1B n2
P 2
to 1910: V		 60–65 (34 7201–7204) 6 1884–1885 1B n2
99–105 66–72 7 1884–1887 Taken over in 1894 by the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde)
P 31
to 1910: VI		 67–70,
73–77,
90–91,
97–98		 101–118 34 7302–7308 18 1888–1894 1B n2
106–107 119–120 34 7301 2 1891 Taken over in 1894 by the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde)
121–141 34 7351–7364 21 1896–1907
P 32 151–153 (34 7351–7353) 3 1888–1897 1B n2v Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
P 41 181–186 (36 7201–7202) 6 1894–1896 2'B n2 Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
P 42
to 1910: VII		 201–231 36 602–620,
36 651–662		 31 1903–1912 2'B n2v
232 36 601 1 1900 From Prussia to Mecklenburg in 1920
P 8 251–266 38 1573–1575,
38 1750–1751,
38 1791–1792,
38 2023, 2026, 2119,
38 3674–3676		 16 1914–1912 2'C h2

Goods train locomotives

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement (UIC) Remarks
to 1895 From 1895
G 2
to 1910: VIII		 1–11 315–325 11 1864–1869 C n2 Rebuilt in 1892–1897 with replacement boiler and new drive; nos. 322–325 were numbered 310-313 before the rebuild
66 314 1 1885 C n2
G 3
to 1910: IX		 78,
85–86,
96		 350–353 (53 7702–7704) 4 1892–1894 C n2
354–355 (53 7701) 2 1887 Taken over in 1894 by the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde)
356–357 (53 7705) 2 1895
G 42
to 1910: X		 401–405 (53 401–405) 5 1901–1905 C n2v
406 1 1897 Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
G 52 440–444 54 371–372,
54 379–381		 5 1904–1907 1'C n2v Formerly with the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine, transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
G 54
to 1910: XX		 451–459 54 1201–1203 9 1906–1913 1'C n2v
G 72 466–476 55 5701–5705 11 1914–1916 D n2v 476 renumbered to 472 in 1919
G 73 474–478 56 201–205 5 1917 1'D n2v Taken over by the Warsaw MGD after the First World War
G 81 481–490 55 5801–5810 10 1918–1919 D h2
491–492 55 5851–5852 2 1917 From Prussia to Mecklenburg in 1920

Tank locomotives

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement (UIC) Remarks
to 1895 from 1895
XI 110–113 501–504 4 1884 B n2t Taken over in 1894 by the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde)
XII 114–116 505–507 3 1882 B n2t Taken over in 1890 by the Güstrow-Plaaz Railway
XIII 508–509 2 1880 B n2t Taken over in 1894 by the Parchim-Ludwigslust Railway
XIV 117 510 1 1883 B n2t Taken over in 1890 by the Güstrow-Plaaz Railway
120–124 511–515 4 1881–1883 Taken over in 1890 by the Wismar-Rostock Railway
516–518 3 1884–1885 Taken over in 1890 by the Teterow-Gnoien
T 3a
to 1910:
XV and XVI		 530–531 2 1888 C n2t Taken over in 1890 by the Güstrow-Plaaz Railway
532–535 3 1887 Taken over in 1897 by the Wismar-Karow Railway
71–72,
79, 89, 92		 550–554 5 1888–1893
555–561, 563 89 8001–8002 8 1884–1892 Taken over in 1894 by the Mecklenburg Southern Railway (Parchim–Neubrandenburg)
562 89 8003 1 1892 Taken over in 1894 by the Parchim-Ludwigslust Railway
125–130 564–594 89 8004–8022,
89 8051–8052		 31 1895–1900
T 3b
to 1910: XVII		 595–611 89 8053–8068 17 1901–1906 C n2t 595–596 with Walschaerts valve gear (Heusinger)
T 4
to 1910: XXI		 701–750 91 1901–1950 50 1907–1922 1'C n2t
T 92 772–774 91 002–003 3 1893 1'C n2t Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
T 93 780–782 91 1012, 1164, 1205 3 1908–1909 1'C n2t Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet

Narrow gauge locomotives

The Mecklenburg narrow gauge locomotives were built for a rail gauge of 900 mm and were procured for duties on the Bäderbahn Doberan-Heiligendamm–Arendsee.

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement (UIC) Remarks
XVIII 1001–1002 2 1886–1887 B n2t Taken over in 1890 by the Doberan-Heiligendamm Railway
T 7
to 1910: XIX		 1003–1004 2 1891–1898 C n2t 1911 Given away to the Neubukow sugar beet railway
T 7 1005–1007 99 301–303 3 1910–1914 C n2t

Literature

See also

External links

German locomotive classification and lists
German locomotive classification and numbering
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