Oldenburg G 7

Oldenburg G 7
DRG Class 55.62
Wheel arrangement 0-8-0
Axle arrangement D n2v
Service weight 58.6 t
Adhesive weight 58.6 t
Top speed 45 km/h
Driving wheel diameter 1,350 mm
Cylinder bore 500/750 mm
Piston stroke 660 mm
Boiler Overpressure 12 bar
Grate area 2.23 m²
Evaporative heating area 180.10 m²

The Oldenburg G 7 steam locomotive was a German 0-8-0 locomotive produced for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn). It was an eight-coupled engine, intended for heavy goods train duties, and was based on the Prussian G 7. It had a 1,660 mm diameter boiler located 2,820 mm above the top of the rails in the plate frame, and was equipped with a single Walschaerts valve gear as well as a Lentz valve gear. Thirteen were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, grouped into DRG Class 55.62 and given numbers 55 6201–55 6213.

An ex-Prussian G 7.1, no. 55 669, in Potsdam on 17 May 1993

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Source

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

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