Mecklenburg G 4.2

The Mecklenburg Class G 4.2 operated by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway was a goods train, steam locomotive with a compound engine. It was procured between 1901 and 1905 from Henschel and Linke based on the Prussian G 4.2 prototype. A total of five machines were built for Mecklenburg. It was planned that they would be taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and were to have been given numbers 53 401 - 53 405 according to the 1923 provisional DRG renumbering plan. But they were retired by 1924 before the final plan was issued.

The vehicles were equipped with a Hartmann steam brake and had inside Allan valve gear. The engines were able to haul a 500 tonne train on an incline of 1:300 at 30 km/h.

In 1920 a G 4.2 was transferred from Prussia to Mecklenburg. It was given running no. 406 and would have become DRG 53 451.

See also

• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway
• List of Mecklenburg locomotives

References

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany

Classes of Mecklenburg locomotives Early locomotives Mecklenburg I Mecklenburg II Niclot Wodan and Thor Passenger train locomotives Mecklenburg III Mecklenburg IV Mecklenburg P 2 Mecklenburg P 3.1 Mecklenburg P 3 Mecklenburg P 4.1 Mecklenburg P 4.2 Mecklenburg P 8 Goods train locomotives Mecklenburg G 2 Mecklenburg G 3 Mecklenburg G 4.2 Mecklenburg G 5.2 Mecklenburg G 5.4 Mecklenburg G 7.2 Mecklenburg G 7.3 Mecklenburg G 8.1 Tank locomotives Mecklenburg XI Mecklenburg XII Mecklenburg XIII Mecklenburg XIV Mecklenburg T 3a Mecklenburg T 3b Mecklenburg T 4 Mecklenburg T 9.2 Mecklenburg T 9.3 Narrow gauge locomotives Mecklenburg XVIII Mecklenburg XIX Mecklenburg T 7 Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway