Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik

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Overview of the remaining factory premises
Factory plate on a steam locomotive
Factory plate on Mallet locomotive 99 5902 of the HSB
Mada'in Saleh
Factory plate 'Arnold Jung Locomotivfabrik' from 'Graf Schwerin-Löwitz' No. 1261

The Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik (Arnold Jung Locomotive Works) was a locomotive manufacturer, in particular of

, Germany.

History

The firm was founded on 13 February 1885 as Jung & Staimer OHG by

bridgelayers
.

Jung built more than 12,000 locomotives. In the 1950s it built 51

steam rollers
.

By the 1950s Jung was also building

shunters in 1953–56.[1]

Production ceased on 30 September 1993 and the factory closed, but the firm continues to exist as Jungenthal Systemtechnik GmbH.

Preserved Locomotives

There are 281 Arnold Jung steam locomotives still extant, according to the list at Steam Locomotive website.

Built Works
number
Wheel
arrangement
Origin Id Current Location Notes Photograph
1892 129 0-4-0T Reykjavík Harbour Railway
Árbær Museum
Pionér is in a shed at the museum – rebuilt 1910 and given a new no.: 1591[2]
1892 130 0-4-0T Reykjavík Harbour Railway Reykjavík Harbour Minør is on a very small section of track in Reykjavík Harbour[2]
1903 707–716, 804–808 0-6-2T Otavi Mining and Railway Company 1–15 Tsumeb, Namibia South West African Jung, Plinthed
1906 939 0-4-0 WT A gravel washery at
Maeseyck
Justine
Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
In 1974, purchased by a group of enthusiasts, from a Belgian dealer. Briefly returned to Belgium in 1995 to work on a preserved railway. In 2008 worked all the "Santa Specials" on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.[3]
1906 964 1-3-1T
Hejaz Railway
964
Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
In a railroad museum workshop at the entrance of the
Mada'in Saleh World Heritage Site
.

1908 1261 0-6-2 WT Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersche Schmalspurbahn (MPSB) Nr. 5 / Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) Nr. 99 3353 Graf Schwerin-Löwitz Pont-y-Pant railway station The Brecon Mountain Railway runs from Pant, near Merthyr Tydfil.
1913 2008 Fiabilandia (Rimini) Used as a children's attraction, near the park station.
1917 2279 0-4-4-0T Ceper Baru Sugar Mill, Java Tjepper No. 5 Statfold Barn Railway
1926 3534 0-8-2t (D1'h2-t) SHS RU 8 JDŽ 83-052
Šarganska osmica
1931 3872 0-6-0WT Used in sugar plantations in the
Cameroons
.
No 2, KATIE Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
1937 7509 0-4-0T Ginette Marie In storage at Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum Based on the Llanberis Lake Railway from December 1971 to February 1980.[4]
1939 8692 41 303
41 1303-1
Hei Na Ganzlin
Röbel/Müritz
Rekolok
, only parts of the locomotive remain
1940 9318 41 360
042 360-8
Dampflok-Tradition Oberhausen Oil-fired
1941 9322 41 364
042 364-0
Augsburg Railway Park, Augsburg Oil-fired, new-type boiler '61, Museum locomotive
1942 9933 0-4-0T Merrimac (town), Wisconsin Derelict
1944 10175 2-8-2T (1'D1') Rhein-Sieg Eisenbahn (RSE) 53 Bröl Valley Railway
1952 11474 2-6-2 (1'C1') 23 019
023 019-3
DDM Museum locomotive
1952 11969 2-6-2 (1'C1') 23 029
023 029-2
Ostalbkreis Aalen trade
school centre, Monument
1955 12081 2-8-2 Hedjaz Jordan Railway 51 Hedjaz Jordan Railway
1959 13113 2-6-2 (1'C1') DB AG 23 105
023 105-0
South German Railway Museum (SEH) Last steam engine delivered to the DB; damaged in the major fire on 17 October 2005, on loan for 10 years to SEH for cosmetic restoration

Gallery

  • Jung Steam locomotive
    Jung Steam locomotive
  • Jung Diesel locomotive
    Jung Diesel locomotive
  • Jung fireless
    Jung fireless
  • Feldbahn locomotive built by the Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik
    Feldbahn locomotive built by the Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik

There is a 5025 steam machine in the "Museo Ferroviario de Santiago de Chile". This machine served in the railway that existed between the Chilean southern towns "Los Sauces" and "Capitan Pastene" (35 km). This railway was begun to be built in 1904 and in 1978 was abandoned.

References

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  2. ^ a b Waite, James The International Steam Pages -Icelandic Steam Survivors, (Rob Dickinson)
  3. ^ "Justine". North Gloucestershire Railway.
  4. ^ Baughan, Peter E. (1980). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: North and mid Wales. David & Charles.

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