Oldenburg T 3

Oldenburg T 3 DRG Class 98.2
Number(s):	DRG 98 201–215 DR 89 7577
Quantity:	15
Manufacturer:	Hanomag
Year(s) of manufacture:	1898–1909
Retired:	1926
Wheel arrangement:	0-6-0T
Axle arrangement:	C n2t
Gauge:	1,435 mm
Length over buffers:	8.300 mm
Service weight:	32.36 t
Adhesive weight:	32.36 t
Axle load:	10.8 t
Top speed:	45 km/h
Driving wheel diameter:	1,100 mm
Cylinder bore:	556 mm
Piston stroke:	340 mm
Boiler Overpressure:	12 bar
Grate area:	1.35/1.00 m²
Evaporative heating area:	59.10/57.20 m²
Brakes:	Compressed-air brake Heberlein brake

The Class T 3s of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways were tank locomotives for duties on local and branch lines. They were broadly similar to the Prussian T 3. In terms of performance they were no different from the Oldenburg T 2; but the T 3 had a lower axle load and a somewhat higher adhesive weight of 4.4 tonnes.

12 locomotives were delivered by Hanomag between 1898 and 1901. In 1909 another three engines were supplied, that were only intended for shunting duties. They had a grate area of 1.0 m², a heating area of 57.2 m² and were not fitted with Heberlein brakes.

In 1925 the Deutsche Reichsbahn took over all 15 locomotives, grouped them into DRG Class 98.2 and gave them numbers 98 201 to 98 215. They were retired by 1926.

In 1945 the former 98 210 was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) as a works engine and was given the number 89 7577. It was retired in 1961.

See also

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

Source

Spielhoff, Lothar, Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-440-06145-0

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany