List of Oldenburg locomotives and railbuses

This list contains the locomotives and railbuses of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn orGOE).

Coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

Locomotive classification and numbering

The locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways were given a name and railway number corresponding to their inventory number, which was allocated in the order in which they were delivered. On retirement, their numbers were not re-used.

The names chosen for locomotives were mainly those of German regions, rivers and towns in the Grand Duchy and the rest of Germany. Names of animals, planets ad figures from Nordic mythology were used. The names of the little tank engines were especially original, intending to describe the way they moved, such as HIN, HER, FLINK, FLOTT (literally: Here, There, Fast and Agile). By contrast, the names of historical people were not used, in order not to "give cause for unnecssary plays on words and connotations". On retirement the spare names were reused for newly delivered locomotives. The GOE held onto the practice of naming locomotives far longer than the other state railways(Länderbahnen); this continued until 1920.

The GOE never introduced formal locomotive classifications. Only in the run up to DRG renumbering were Prussian class designations used in order to simplify the naming and grouping of Oldenburg locomotives. Several locomotive classes that, at the time of the renumbering were already retired, are only referred to by locomotive classes in secondary sources.

Steam locomotives

Construction locomotives

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement Remarks
None45–46218412′A n2acquired for railway construction in 1866 from the Niederschlesisch-Märkische Eisenbahn or NME; retired 1872

Universal locomotives for all types of traffic

During the first three decades of its existence, the GOE managed with a locomotive type for all railway services that, in constantly upgraded forms, was re-ordered repeatedly.

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement Remarks
G 11–26261866–1872B n2with frame water tanks; 4 engines partly used as tender locomotives
27–46(51 7001–7019)201876–1877without frame water tanks
77–79,
87–91
81889–1891
P 32
(or P 0)
95–101(33 7001–7007)71894–1895B n2v

Passenger and express train locomotives

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement Remarks
P 41107–111, 116,
129–134,
139–144, 150
36 1201–1219191896–19022′B n2
P 42174–178,
188–190
36 1251–125881907–19092′B n2vas Prussian P 42, Nos. 188–190 with Lentz valve gear
P 8290–29438 3390–3394519222′C h2as Prussian P 8
S 3151–154,
160–161
13 1801–180661903–19042′B n2vas Prussian S 3
S 52205–206,
209–211,
223–225,
248–250
13 1851–1861111909–19132′B n2vas Prussian S 52, with Lentz valve gear
S 10266–26816 001–003319161′C1′ h2

Goods train locomotives

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement Remarks
G 42102–106,
117–122,
155–159,
165–166,
179–184,
191–193
53 1001–1003,
53 1051–1058
281895–1909C n2vas Prussian G 42
G 7231–235,
246–247,
251–255,
259–263,
272–276
55 6201–6213221912–1918D n2vwith Lentz valve gear
G 82281–28556 2276–2280519211′D h2as Prussian G82, with Lentz valve gear

Tank locomotives

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement Remarks
T 063–66,
85–86
61885–18911A n2tFor omnibus trains
T 1247–62161871–1873B n2tNo. 62 HOLM was built in 1871 for the ELE and acquired by the GOE in 1873
67–76,
80–84,
92–94
98 7401–7405181888–1892
T 2112–115,
147–149,
162–164,
167–173,
197–204,
212–215,
229–230,
237–238,
241–245
98 101–137381896–1913B n2tas Prussian T 2
T 3123–128,
135–138,
145–146,
194–196
(98 201–215)151898–1909C n2tas Prussian T 3
T 51185–187,
207–208,
216–218,
226–228, 236,
256–258,
269–271,
279–280
71 401–71 420201907–19211′B1 n2tas Prussian T 51
T 13219–222,
239–240,
264–265,
277–278
92 585–588,
92 606–607,
92 910–913
101911–1919D n2tas Prussian T 13
T 131286–28992 401–40441921D h2twith Lentz valve gear

Narrow gauge locomotives

The GOE's narrow gauge locomotives were procured for working the metre gauge line on the island railway on Wangerooge.

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement Remarks
(B)111896B n2tBuilt by Orenstein & Koppel
211898Built by Maschinenfabrik Heilbronn, sold in 1904
399 02111904Built by Freudenstein
4–599 022–02321910–1913Built by Hanomag

Railbuses

Class Railway number(s) DRG number(s) Quantity Year(s) of manufacture Axle arrangement Remarks
none119102′Bo′ peBenzol-electric railbus, retired in 1915

See also

References

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