The Oldenburg Class S 3 steam locomotive was a German engine built for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahnen) in 1903 and 1904. It was based on a Prussian prototype, the Prussian S 3 (see photo), and procured for the route between Wilhelmshaven, Oldenburg and Bremen. It was the first express train engine built for the Oldenburg state railways and also the first one fitted with a steam dome. It replaced the old P 4 passenger train locomotives.

Oldenburg S 3
DRG Class 13.18
Prussian S3 photographed in 1895 at Berlin-Charlottenburg
Type and origin
BuilderHanomag
Build date1903–1904
Total produced6
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-4-0
 • GermanExpress train locomotive
Leading dia.1,000 mm (39+38 in)
Driver dia.1,980 mm (78 in)
Length:
 • Over beams17,461 mm (57 ft 3+12 in)
Axle load15.0 t (14.8 long tons; 16.5 short tons)
Adhesive weight30.2 t (29.7 long tons; 33.3 short tons)
Service weight52.2 t (51.4 long tons; 57.5 short tons)
Boiler pressure12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 lbf/in2)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox2.27 m2 (24.4 sq ft)
 • Evaporative119.4 m2 (1,285 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, compound
High-pressure cylinder460 mm (18+18 in)
Low-pressure cylinder680 mm (26+34 in)
Piston stroke630 mm (24+1316 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed95 km/h (59 mph)
Career
Numbers
  • GOE: 151–154, 160, 161
  • DRG: 13 1801–1806
Retired1927

Six engines were built by Hanomag in 1903 and 1904 with numbers 151–154, 160 and 161. They differed in several technical details from their Prussian counterparts, but did not have Lentz valve gear which, later, became common throughout Oldenburg.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn took over all six locomotives and grouped them into DRG Class 13.18, allocating them the numbers 13 1801 to 13 1806. They were retired by 1927.

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References

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  • 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.[page needed]
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1976). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 01–39 (EFA 1.1) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba Buchverlag. pp. 75–76. ISBN 3-87094-081-6.