Oldenburg G 7

Oldenburg G 7 DRG Class 55.62
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-8-0  • UIC D n2v Driver dia. 1,350 mm (4 ft 5 in) Adhesive weight 58.6 t Service weight 58.6 t Firebox: ​  • Grate area 2.23 m2 Boiler pressure 12 bar Heating surface 180.10 m2 Cylinder size 500/750 mm Piston stroke 660 mm
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph)

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

See also

• Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways
• List of Oldenburg locomotives and railbuses
• Länderbahnen

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.