List of Mecklenburg locomotives
# List of Mecklenburg locomotives

This list contains an overview of Mecklenburg locomotives built from 1848 to 1922, and is based on the classification scheme of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway (Großherzoglich Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn).

## Context

Mecklenburg is a region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the present day state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its largest cities are Rostock, Schwerin, and Neubrandenburg. In 1815, the two Mecklenburg duchies – Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz – were raised to Grand Duchies, and subsequently existed separately in Germany until the end of World War I. The earlier private railways were nationalised by 1890 into the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway.

## Overview of the locomotives

Mecklenburg locomotives were given a name as well as a number at the outset, the names being mainly chosen from geographical features in Mecklenburg. This naming of locomotives ceased in 1895.

Originally, locomotive numbers followed the sequence in which they were produced. In 1890, on nationalisation, however, a new numbering scheme was introduced. Each class was allocated a specific range of numbers. The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway divided the locomotives into the following different classes:

* I – VII: Passenger train locomotives
* VIII – X: Goods train locomotives
* XI – XVIII: Tank locomotives
* XIX: Narrow gauge locomotives
* XX: Goods train locomotives
* XXI: Tender locomotives

In 1910 a new scheme was introduced that broadly conformed to the Prussian system. This entailed allocating group letters as follows: the letter P to passenger train locomotives (Personenzuglokomotiven), G to goods train locomotives (Güterzuglokomotiven) and T to tank locomotives (Tenderlokomotiven). Individual classes were distinguished by an Arabic numeral after the letter. To specify the sub-class, superscripts were used. So, for example, locomotives with simple steam expansion were to be given a "1" and compound locomotives a "2".

## Steam locomotives

### Early locomotives for mixed traffic

These locomotives were all built for the Mecklenburg Railway Company and went into the fleet of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway on nationalisation.

| Class | Railway number(s) | Railway number(s) | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Class | to 1895 | From 1895 | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| I | 42, 45–46, 55–57 | 1, 3–5 | | 6 | 1848–1863 | 1A1 n2 | Collection of various 1A1 locomotive classes |
| II | 43–44, 47–49 | 2, 6–7 | | 5 | 1849–1851 | 1B n2 | Rebuild from 1A1 locomotives |
| II | 50–53 | 8 | | 4 | 1851–1856 | 1B n2 | |
| None | 54 [de] | 301 | | 1 | 1859 | 1B n2 | Goods train locomotive NICLOT |
| None | 58–59 [de] | 302–303 | | 2 | 1866–1868 | B1 n2 | Goods train locomotives WODAN and THOR |

### Passenger train locomotives

| Class | Class | Railway number(s) | Railway number(s) | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| to 1910 | from 1910 | to 1895 | from 1895 | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| III | | 12–30 | 12–30 | | 19 | 1864–1869 | 1B n2 | |
| IV [de] | | 31–41 | 31–41 | | 11 | 1871–1879 | 1B n2 | |
| V [de] | P 2 | 60–65 | 60–65 | (34 7201–7204) | 6 | 1884–1885 | 1B n2 | |
| V [de] | P 2 | 99–105 | 66–72 | | 7 | 1884–1887 | 1B n2 | Acquired in 1894 with the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde) |
| VI | P $3^1$ | 67–70, 73–77, 90–91, 97–98 | 101–118 | 34 7302–7308 | 18 | 1888–1894 | 1B n2 | |
| VI | P $3^1$ | 106–107 | 119–120 | 34 7301 | 2 | 1891 | 1B n2 | Acquired in 1894 with the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde) |
| VI | P $3^1$ | | 121–141 | 34 7351–7364 | 21 | 1896–1907 | 1B n2 | |
| | P $3^2$ | 151–153 | 151–153 | (34 7351–7353) | 3 | 1888–1897 | 1B n2v | Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet |
| | P $4^1$ | | 181–186 | (36 7201–7202) | 6 | 1894–1896 | 2′B n2 | Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet |
| VII | P $4^2$ | | 201–231 | 36 602–620, 36 651–662 | 31 | 1903–1912 | 2′B n2v | |
| VII | P $4^2$ | | 232 | 36 601 | 1 | 1900 | 2′B n2v | From Prussia to Mecklenburg in 1920 |
| | P 8 | | 251–266 | 38 1573–1575, 38 1750–1751, 38 1791–1792, 38 2023, 2026, 2119, 38 3674–3676 | 16 | 1914–1912 | 2′C h2 | |

### Goods train locomotives

| Class | Class | Railway number(s) | Railway number(s) | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| to 1910 | from 1910 | to 1895 | From 1895 | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| VIII | G 2 | 1–11 | 315–325 | | 11 | 1864–1869 | C n2 | Rebuilt in 1892–1897 with replacement boiler and new drive; nos. 322–325 were numbered 310–313 before the rebuild |
| VIII | G 2 | 66 | 314 | | 1 | 1885 | C n2 | |
| IX | G 3 | 78, 85–86, 96 | 350–353 | (53 7702–7704) | 4 | 1892–1894 | C n2 | |
| IX | G 3 | | 354–355 | (53 7701) | 2 | 1887 | C n2 | Acquired in 1894 with the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde) |
| IX | G 3 | | 356–357 | (53 7705) | 2 | 1895 | C n2 | |
| X | G $4^2$ | | 401–405 | (53 401–405) | 5 | 1901–1905 | C n2v | |
| X | G $4^2$ | | 406 | | 1 | 1897 | C n2v | Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet |
| | G $5^2$ | | 440–444 | 54 371–372, 54 379–381 | 5 | 1904–1907 | 1′C n2v | Formerly with the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine, transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet |
| XX | G $5^4$ | | 451–459 | 54 1201–1203 | 9 | 1906–1913 | 1′C n2v | |
| | G $7^2$ | | 466–476 | 55 5701–5705 | 11 | 1914–1916 | D n2v | 476 renumbered to 472 in 1919 |
| | G $7^3$ | | 474–478 | 56 201–205 | 5 | 1917 | 1′D n2v | Taken over by the Warsaw MGD after the First World War |
| | G $8^1$ | | 481–490 | 55 5801–5810 | 10 | 1918–1919 | D h2 | |
| | G $8^1$ | | 491–492 | 55 5851–5852 | 2 | 1917 | D h2 | From Prussia to Mecklenburg in 1920 |

### Tank locomotives

| Class | Class | Railway number(s) | Railway number(s) | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| To 1910 | From 1910 | to 1895 | from 1895 | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| XI [de] | T 1 | 110–113 | 501–504 | | 4 | 1884 | B n2t | Acquired in 1894 with the Lloydbahn (Neustrelitz–Warnemünde) |
| XII [de] | T0 | 114–116 | 505–507 | | 3 | 1882 | B n2t | Acquired in 1890 with the Güstrow-Plaaz Railway |
| XIII [de] | T2 | | 508–509 | | 2 | 1880 | B n2t | Acquired in 1894 with the Parchim-Ludwigslust Railway |
| XIV [de] | T2 | 117 | 510 | | 1 | 1883 | B n2t | Acquired in 1890 with the Güstrow-Plaaz Railway |
| XIV [de] | T2 | 120–124 | 511–515 | | 4 | 1881–1883 | B n2t | Acquired in 1890 with the Wismar-Rostock Railway |
| XIV [de] | T2 | | 516–518 | | 3 | 1884–1885 | B n2t | Acquired in 1890 with the Teterow-Gnoien |
| XV | T 3a | | 530–531 | | 2 | 1888 | C n2t | Acquired in 1890 with the Güstrow-Plaaz Railway |
| XVI | T 3a | | 532–535 | | 3 | 1887 | C n2t | Acquired in 1897 with the Wismar-Karow Railway |
| XVII | T 3a | 71–72, 79, 89, 92 | 550–554 | | 5 | 1888–1893 | C n2t | |
| XVII | T 3a | | 555–561, 563 | 89 8001–8002 | 8 | 1884–1892 | C n2t | Acquired in 1894 with the Mecklenburg Southern Railway (Parchim–Neubrandenburg) |
| XVII | T 3a | | 562 | 89 8003 | 1 | 1892 | C n2t | Acquired in 1894 with the Parchim-Ludwigslust Railway |
| XVII | T 3a | 125–130 | 564–594 | 89 8004–8022, 89 8051–8052 | 31 | 1895–1900 | C n2t | |
| XVII | T 3b | | 595–611 | 89 8053–8068 | 17 | 1901–1906 | C n2t | 595–596 with Walschaerts valve gear (Heusinger) |
| XXI | T 4 | | 701–750 | 91 1901–1950 | 50 | 1907–1922 | 1′C n2t | |
| | T $9^2$ | | 772–774 | 91 002–003 | 3 | 1893 | 1′C n2t | Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet |
| | T $9^3$ | | 780–782 | 91 1012, 1164, 1205 | 3 | 1908–1909 | 1′C n2t | Transferred in 1920 from the Prussian state railway fleet |

### Narrow gauge locomotives

The Mecklenburg narrow gauge locomotives were built for a rail gauge of 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) and were procured for duties on the Bäderbahn Doberan-Heiligendamm–Arendsee.

| Class | Class | Railway number(s) | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| to 1910 | from 1910 | Railway number(s) | DRG number(s) | Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Remarks |
| XVIII | | 1001–1002 | | 2 | 1886–1887 | B n2t | Acquired in 1890 with the Doberan-Heiligendamm Railway |
| XIX | T 7 | 1003–1004 | | 2 | 1891–1898 | C n2t | 1911 Given away to the Neubukow sugar beet railway |
| | T 7 | 1005–1007 | 99 301–303 | 3 | 1910–1914 | C n2t | |
| | (T 42) | | 99 311–313 | 3 | 1923–1924 | D n2t | Delivered after nationalisation |

## Locomotives of predecessors

| Fleet number(s) | Name(s) | Later class | Quantity | Maufacturer | Year(s) of manufacture | Axle arrangement (UIC) | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mecklenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft (acquired 1873) ||||||||
| 1–3 | ROSTOCK, WISMAR, GÜSTROW | – | 3 | Borsig | 1847 | 1A1 n2 | later rebuilt as tank locos, withdrawn 1871 |
| 4 | MARSCHALL VORWÄRTS | I | 1 | Wöhlert | 1848 | 1A1 n2 | |
| 5, 6, 13, 14 | HAMBURG, SCHWERIN, MECKLENBURG, LUDWIGSLUST | – | 4 | Borsig | 1848, 1850 | 1A1 n2 | MECKLENBURG withdrawn 1878, others sold 1873 |
| 7, 8, 15 | BERLIN, BÜTZOW, STRELITZ | II | 3 | Borsig | 1848, 1850 | 1A1 n2; later rebuilt as 1B n2 | different boilers (BÜTZOW, STRELITZ identical) |
| 9, 10 | SCHWAAN, NEBEL | I | 2 | Borsig | 1850 | 1A1 n2 | |
| 11, 12 | WARNOW, MAGDEBURG | II | 2 | Borsig | 1850 | 1A1 n2; later rebuilt as 1B n2 | different cylinders |
| 16–19 | HERCULES, 300, OBODRIT, SWANTEWIT | II | 4 | Borsig | 1851, 1853 | 1B n2 | |
| 20 | OSTSEE | – | 1 | Borsig | 1854 | 1A1 n2 | withdrawn 1872 |
| 21 | RADEGAST | II | 1 | Borsig | 1856 | 1B n2 | |
| 22 | NICLOT | – | 1 | Borsig | 1859 | 1B n2 | |
| 23, 24 | HERTA, FREYA | I | 2 | Borsig | 1860 | 1A1 n2 | |
| 25 | HULDA | I | 1 | Egestorff | 1863 | 1A1 n2 | |
| 26, 27 | WODAN, THOR | – | 2 | Egestorff | 1866, 1868 | B1 n2 | |
| Deutsch-Nordischer Lloyd (acquired 1894) ||||||||
| 1–7 | | V | 7 | Hanomag, Henschel | 1884, 1887 | 1B n2 | |
| 8, 9 | | VI | 2 | Henschel | 1891 | 1B n2 | |
| 15, 16 | | IX | 2 | Henschel | 1887 | C n2 | |
| 21–24 | | XI | 4 | Egestorff | 1884 | B n2t | |
| Güstrow-Plauer Eisenbahn (acquired 1890) ||||||||
| 1–3 | | XII | 3 | Vulcan | 1882 | B n2t | |
| 4 | | XIV | 1 | Vulcan | 1883 | B n2t | |
| 5, 6 | | XV | 2 | Vulcan | 1888 | C n2t | |
| Wismar-Rostocker Eisenbahn (acquired 1890) ||||||||
| 1–4, 1a; later 11–15 | | XIV | 5 | Vulcan | 1883, 1881 | B n2t | 15 formerly Altdamm–Colberger Eisenbahn 1a |
| Teterow-Gnoiener Eisenbahn (acquired 1890) ||||||||
| 1–3; later 21–23 | | XIV | 3 | Vulcan | 1884, 1885 | B n2t | |
| Wismar-Karower Eisenbahn (acquired 1897) ||||||||
| 1–4; later 31–34 | | XVI | 4 | Vulcan | 1887 | C n2t | |
| Parchim-Ludwigsluster Eisenbahn (acquired 1894) ||||||||
| – | FRIEDRICH FRANZ II, MOLTKE | XIII | 2 | Borsig | 1880 | B n2t | |
| – | VORWÄRTS | – | 1 | Sigl | 1871 | B n2t | New to Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn; to Parchim-Ludwigsluster Eisenbahn in 1880; withdrawn 1893 |
| 4 | LUDWIGSLUST | XVII | 1 | Jung | 1892 | C n2t | |
| Mecklenburgische Südbahn (acquired 1894) ||||||||
| 1–7 | PARCHIM, LÜBZ, KAROW, MALCHOW, WAREN, PENZLIN, NEUBRANDENBURG | XVII | 7 | Borsig | 1884 | C n2t | |
| 8 | NEUSTADT | XVII | 1 | Jung | 1892 | C n2t | |
