Oldenburg G 7

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

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.

Classes of Oldenburg locomotive and railcars

Early locomotives	Oldenburg Nos. 45 and 46 Oldenburg G 1 Oldenburg P 3.2

Passenger and express train locomotives	Oldenburg P 4.1 Oldenburg P 4.2 Oldenburg P 8 Oldenburg S 3 Oldenburg S 5.2 Oldenburg S 10

Goods train locomotives	Oldenburg G 4.2 Oldenburg G 7 Oldenburg G 8.2

Tank locomotives	Oldenburg T 0 Oldenburg T 1.2 Oldenburg T 2 Oldenburg T 3 Oldenburg T 5.1 Oldenburg T 13 Oldenburg T 13.1

Narrow gauge locomotives and railbuses	Oldenburg B Oldenburg railbus

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways

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