PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | Krzeszowice, Poland |
RAILWAY NUMBER | |
RAILWAY | textile factory in Zyrardow |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Bt fireless |
HORSE POWER | 80 |
GAUGE | 1435mm |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 2747 |
YEAR BUILT | 1908 |
PREVIOUS | delivered to Hielle & Dietrich, Warszawa, but where employed, other than Zyrardow, is not known |
RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS | |
CONDITION | poor when photographed |
PHOTO BY | Tadeusz Suchorolski |
PLACE AND DATE | Warszawa-Odolany, April 1993 |
NOTES | around 1975 this loco, together with another fireless, Hanomag 10282, was rescued from scrapping by the Polish Railway Museum. It was not restored, and stood in the open air at Odolany depot in Warszawa until the late 1990's, when it was moved to the new preservation site at Krzeszowice. Whether it has since been restored is unknown. |