List of Oldenburg locomotives and railbuses

This list contains the locomotives and railbuses of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways ("Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn" or"GOE").

Locomotive classification and numbering

The locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railway were given a name and railway number corresponding to their inventory number, that was allocated in the order in which they were delivered. On retirement, the spare numbers thrown up were not re-used.

The names chosen for locomotives were mainly those of German regions, rivers and towns in the Grand Duchy and the rest of Germany. Even the names of animals, planets ad figures from Nordic mythology were used. The names of the little tank engines were especially original, intending to describe the way they moved, such as "HIN, HER, FLINK, FLOTT" (literally: "Here, There, Fast" and "Agile"). By contrast, the names of historical people were not used, in order not to "give cause for unnecssary plays on words and connotations". On retirement the spare names were reused for newely delivered locomotives. The "GOE" held onto the practice of naming locomotives far longer than the other state railways("Länderbahnen"); this continued until 1920.

The "GOE" never introduced formal locomotive classifications. Only in the run up to DRG renumbering were Prussian class designations used in order to simplify the naming and grouping of Oldenburg locomotives. Several locomotive classes that, at the time of the renumbering were already retired, are only referred to by locomotive classes in secondary sources.

Steam locomotives

Construction locomotives

Goods train locomotives

Railbuses

Literature

* Hans-Jürgen Gaida: "Dampf zwischen Weser und Ems – Die Geschichte der Großherzoglich Oldenburgischen Eisenbahn", Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-87943-614-2
* Karl Julius Harder, Hans Kobschätzky: "Die Großherzoglichen Staatseisenbahnen in Mecklenburg und Oldenburg", Frankh, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-440-04570-6
* Hans-Joachim Kirsche, Hermann Lohr, Georg Thielmann: "Lokomotiv-Archiv Mecklenburg/Oldenburg", transpress, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-344-00326-7
* Peter Löffler: "Die Eisenbahn in Oldenburg", EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-88255-683-8
* Wolfgang Valtin: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 1 – Nummerierungssysteme", transpress, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-344-70739-6
* Wolfgang Valtin: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 2 – Dampflokomotiven und Dampftriebwagen", transpress, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-344-70740-x
* Wolfgang Valtin: "Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Verzeichnis aller Lokomotiven und Triebwagen Band 3 – Elektro- und Dieselloks, Triebwagen", transpress, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-344-70741-8

See also

*History of rail transport in Germany
*Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
*Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways
*Länderbahnen
*UIC classification

External links

* There is an English-language discussion forum at [http://germanrail.8.forumer.com/ Railways of Germany]