Stahlbahnwerke Freudenstein

Stahlbahnwerke Freudenstein is a defunct German railway company.

Company history

The company was founded in 1891 by the merchant Julius Freudenstein; until then, Freudenstein had worked for Orenstein & Koppel. Originally, the company traded in track and materials for railways.

In 1895 Freudenstein acquired a small manufacturing facility in Templehof, Berlin for the construction of its own locomotives. At the same time, the company became a limited company.

The production of the company's own locomotives was only a stopgap, that was without great success, even with an order for Prussian state railway supplies. In 1905 Freudenstein merged with Orenstein & Koppel. This led shortly afterward to liquidation and closure of Freudenstein's plant at Tempelhof.

Production figures

The last definite works number is FNr.238, built in 1905.

It is currently not known the exact number of locomotives that were build by Freudenstein but it is estimated to be approximately 250, 5 are known to be preserved:

{|class="wikitable sortable"!Number/Name!Year Built!Gauge!Notes
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73 "Berlin"
1901
610
Built for Arthur Koppel, for use at Penlee Quarry. Now on Static display at Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway
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89
1902
1435
Transport rail & Museum Association, Aumühle. Originally supplied to Prussian state railway
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138
1904
1000
Museo del Ferrocarril, Ponferrada
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175
1904
508
Rail Transport Museum, Western Australia, Perth
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217
1905
518
Bowylie Light Railway, NSW