Mecklenburg G 4.2

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Mecklenburg X Mecklenburg G 4.2
Type and origin Builder Allan
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph)
Career Numbers MFFE 401–405 (DRG: 53 401 – 53 405) Retired 1924

The Mecklenburg Class G 4.2 operated by the

based on the Prussian G 4.2 prototype. A total of five machines were built for Mecklenburg. It was planned that they would be taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and were to have been given numbers 53 401 to 53 405 according to the 1923 provisional DRG renumbering plan. But they were retired by 1924 before the final plan was issued.

The vehicles were equipped with a Hartmann

. The engines were able to haul a 500 tonnes (490 long tons; 550 short tons) train on an incline of 1:300 at 30 km/h (19 mph).

In 1920 a G 4.2 was transferred from Prussia to Mecklenburg. It was given running no. 406 and would have become DRG 53 451.

See also

• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway
• List of Mecklenburg locomotives

References