PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | PKP depot Torun, Poland |
RAILWAY NUMBER | TKh1-19 |
RAILWAY | Polskie Koleje Panstwowe (Polish State Railways) |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Ct |
HORSE POWER | 250 |
GAUGE | 1435mm |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 1443 |
YEAR BUILT | 1905 |
PREVIOUS RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS |
built for KPEV T 3 Bromberg 1811, renumbered in 1906 to Bromberg 6157, in 1919 to Osten 6157. From 1925 it was DR 89 7490, and in 1945 it passed to PKP as TKh1-19. It was sold to the sugar factory in Melno, where it worked until around 1975. |
CONDITION | Good, not in working order |
PHOTO BY | MM |
PLACE AND DATE | Torun, July 1991 |
NOTES | although the history of this loco is clearly recorded as given above, investigation of the motion only revealed the number 1444 (several times), but O&K 1444 is equally definitively recorded as DR 89 7491, which went to CSD in 1945. |