Oldenburg S 3

The Oldenburg Class S 3 steam locomotive was a German engine built for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahnen) in 1903 and 1904. It was based on a Prussian prototype, the Prussian S 3 (see photo), and procured for the route between Wilhelmshaven, Oldenburg and Bremen. It was the first express train engine built for the Oldenburg state railways and also the first one fitted with a steam dome. It replaced the old P 4 passenger train locomotives.

Oldenburg S 3
DRG Class 13.18
Prussian S3 photographed in 1895 at Berlin-Charlottenburg
Number(s)151–154, 160, 161
DRG 13 1801–1806
Quantity6
ManufacturerHanomag
Year(s) of manufacture1903–1904
Retired1927
Wheel arrangement4-4-0
Axle arrangement2’B n2v
TypeExpress train locomotive
Length over buffers17,461 mm (57 ft 3 in)
Service weight52.2 t
Adhesive weight30.2 t
Axle load15.0 t
Top speed95 km/h (59 mph)
Driving wheel diameter1,980 mm (78 in)
Leading wheel diameter1,000 mm (39 in)
Cylinder bore460/680 mm
Piston stroke630 mm (25 in)
Boiler Overpressure11.8 bar
Grate area2.27 m2
Evaporative heating area119.4 m2

Six engines were built by Hanomag in 1903 and 1904 with numbers 151–154, 160 and 161. They differed in several technical details from their Prussian counterparts, but did not have Lentz valve gear which, later, became common throughout Oldenburg.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn took over all six locomotives and grouped them into DRG Class 13.18, allocating them the numbers 13 1801 to 13 1806. They were retired by 1927.

See also

Sources
  • Spielhoff, Lothar (1990). Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in German). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-06145-0.


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