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Oldenburg G 7
DRG Class 55.62

An ex-Prussian G 7.1, no. 55 669, in Potsdam on 17 May 1993

Type and origin
Build date	1912–1918
Total produced	22

Performance figures
Maximum speed	45 km/h (28 mph)

Career
Numbers	GOE: 231–235, 246–247, 251–255, 259–263, 272–276 DRG: 55 6201–6213

The Oldenburg G 7 steam locomotive was a German 0-8-0 locomotive produced for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn). It was an eight-coupled engine, intended for heavy goods train duties, and was based on the Prussian G 7. It had a 1,660 mm diameter boiler located 2,820 mm above the top of the rails in the plate frame, and was equipped with a single Walschaerts valve gear as well as a Lentz valve gear. Thirteen were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, grouped into DRG Class 55.62 and given numbers 55 6201–55 6213.

References

Hütter, Ingo (2015). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 54 bis 59 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. p. 262. ISBN 978-3-937189-85-7.
Spielhoff, Lothar (1990). Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in German). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-06145-0.
Vandenberghen, J. (1989). La guerre 1914 - 1918 et les locomotives "Armistice", 3. Description des locomotives bavaroises, saxonnes, badoises, mecklebourgeoises, oldenbourgeoises (PDF) (in French). Brussels: SNCB. p. 59.
Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 41–59 (EFA 1.2) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 130–132. ISBN 3-87094-082-4.

v t e Classes of Oldenburg locomotive and railcars
Early locomotives	Oldenburg Nos. 45 and 46 Oldenburg G 1 Oldenburg P 3.2
Passenger and express train locomotives	Oldenburg P 4.1 Oldenburg P 4.2 Oldenburg P 8 Oldenburg S 3 Oldenburg S 5.2 Oldenburg S 10
Goods train locomotives	Oldenburg G 4.2 Oldenburg G 7 Oldenburg G 8.2
Tank locomotives	Oldenburg T 0 Oldenburg T 1.2 Oldenburg T 2 Oldenburg T 3 Oldenburg T 5.1 Oldenburg T 13 Oldenburg T 13.1
Narrow gauge locomotives and railbuses	Oldenburg B Oldenburg railbus
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways

See also