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).

Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg

Context

The former duchies of Meckenburg 1866–1934

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:

• I – VII: Passenger train locomotives
• VIII – X: Goods train locomotives
• XI – XVIII: Tank locomotives
• XIX: Narrow gauge locomotives
• XX: Goods train locomotives
• XXI: Tender locomotives

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
V from 1910: P 2	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)
VI from 1910: P 3^1	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 3^2		151–153	(34 7351–7353)	3	1888–1897	1B n2v	Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
P 4^1		181–186	(36 7201–7202)	6	1894–1896	2′B n2	Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
VII from 1910: P 4^2		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
VIII from 1910: G 2	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
IX from 1910: G 3	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
X from 1910: G 4^2		401–405	(53 401–405)	5	1901–1905	C n2v
		406		1	1897		Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
G 5^2		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
XX from 1910: G 5^4		451–459	54 1201–1203	9	1906–1913	1′C n2v
G 7^2		466–476	55 5701–5705	11	1914–1916	D n2v	476 renumbered to 472 in 1919
G 7^3		474–478	56 201–205	5	1917	1′D n2v	Taken over by the Warsaw MGD after the First World War
G 8^1		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
XV from 1910: T 3a		530–531		2	1888	C n2t	Taken over in 1890 by the Güstrow-Plaaz Railway
XVI from 1910: T 3a		532–535		3	1887		Taken over in 1897 by the Wismar-Karow Railway
XVII from 1910: T 3a	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
XVII from 1910: T 3b		595–611	89 8053–8068	17	1901–1906	C n2t	595–596 with Walschaerts valve gear (Heusinger)
XII from 1910: T 4		701–750	91 1901–1950	50	1907–1922	1′C n2t
T 9^2		772–774	91 002–003	3	1893	1′C n2t	Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet
T 9^3		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 (2 ft 11 ⁷⁄₁₆ in) 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
XIX from 1910: T 7	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

See also

• Länderbahnen
• Mecklenburg
• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway
• UIC classification

References

• Harder, Karl Julius; Kobschätzky, Hans (1978). Die Großherzoglichen Staatseisenbahnen in Mecklenburg und Oldenburg (in German). Stuttgart: Frankh. ISBN 3-440-04570-6.
• Kirsche, Hans-Joachim; Lohr, Hermann; Thielmann, Georg (1989). Lokomotiv-Archiv Mecklenburg/Oldenburg (in German). Berlin: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-00326-7.
• Valtin, Wolfgang (1992). Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 1 – Nummerierungssysteme (in German). Berlin: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-70739-6.
• Valtin, Wolfgang (1992). Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 2 – DampfLokomotiven und Dampftriebwagen (in German). Berlin: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-70740-X.
• Valtin, Wolfgang (1992). Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 3 – Elektro- und DieselLokomotiven, Triebwagen (in German). Berlin: Transpress. ISBN 3-344-70741-8.