Mecklenburg G 4.2

MFFB G 4.2
Number(s)	MFFB numbers 401–405 (DRG 53 401–405)
Quantity	5
Manufacturer	Henschel
Year(s) of manufacture	1901–1905
Retired	1924
Wheel arrangement	0-6-0
Axle arrangement	C
Axle arrangement	C n2v
Length over buffers	15,367 mm (50 ft 5.0 in)
Service weight	40.35 t
Adhesive weight	40.35 t
Axle load	13.45 t
Top speed	45 km/h (28 mph)
Driving wheel diameter	1,345 mm (4 ft 5.0 in)
No. of cylinders	2
Cylinder bore	460 mm (18 in) / 650 mm (26 in)
Piston stroke	630 mm (25 in)
Boiler Overpressure	12 bar
Grate area	1.53 m^2 (16.5 sq ft)
Evaporative heating area	116.00 m^2 (1,248.6 sq ft)
Tender	pr 3 T 12
Water capacity	12.0 m^3 (2,600 imp gal)

The Mecklenburg Class G 4.2 operated by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway was a goods train, steam locomotive with a compound engine. It was procured between 1901 and 1905 from Henschel and Linke based on the Prussian G 4.2 prototype. A total of five machines were built for Mecklenburg. It was planned that they would be taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and were to have been given numbers 53 401 - 53 405 according to the 1923 provisional DRG renumbering plan. But they were retired by 1924 before the final plan was issued.

The vehicles were equipped with a Hartmann steam brake and had inside Allan valve gear. The engines were able to haul a 500 tonne train on an incline of 1:300 at 30 km/h.

In 1920 a G 4.2 was transferred from Prussia to Mecklenburg. It was given running no. 406 and would have become DRG 53 451.

See also

• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway
• List of Mecklenburg locomotives

References

• 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.