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KkStB
2201 (later 122.01, Mödling 7/1873), earlier KRB
49 ‘Eisenerz’, enjoyed the longest life: it was
withdrawn by BBÖ in 1924. Location unknown,
before 1904. Source: www.commons.wikimedia.org.
CLB No. 2 ‘Kraków’ (Esslingen
1044/1870), factory photo, 1870. Esslingen
factory photos usually featured a tapestry as a background. This locomotive
late became kkStB
2232, then 22.32, and was written off in December 1905. Source: as above. |
Austro-Hungarian
locomotives taken over by PKP after
WWI belonged to many distinct classes, some represented by single examples.
Most of these untypical and often obsolete engines were soon withdrawn,
disappearing from the company’s rosters before actual introduction of new
designation system in mid-1920s. This refers also to two kkStB class 22 locomotives,
which were probably assigned class
designation Oc15 (according to KT).
Re-numbering, if actually took place, was only formal. KkStB
class 22 numbered 31 passenger engines with the 1-2-0 axle arrangement in
several versions, originally built for Carl
Ludwigs-Bahn (CLB) and Kronprinz Rudolf-Bahn
(KRB). Construction of the former began in 1858 and of the latter in 1868;
they were absorbed by state railways in 1892 and 1884, respectively. KRB
obtained first locomotives of this type in 1870 from Krauss Münich in 1870 (nine examples, class I, service
numbers 31 through 47, odd only). In 1873 four more followed, this time from Mödlinger Lokomotivfabrik
(service numbers 49 through 55, odd only). All were given individual names.
Later they were numbered 2211 through 2219 (first batch) and 2201 through
2204 (second batch). In 1905 their class designation was changed to 122, as
they differed in certain respects from class 22 (ex CLB). Almost all
were withdrawn before the end of the war; the sole exception was 122.01 (Mödling 7/1873), which remained with BBÖ
and was written off in 1924. First batch for CLB numbered ten examples
and was delivered between 1870 and 1871 by Esslingen; they were
classed IId. Further eight engines, classed IIe, were built by Wiener Neustadt in 1878 (four)
and 1882 (also four). They differed in minor details. Later they were
numbered 22.31 through 48. Fifteen were withdrawn from use until 1915 and
one, 22.45, perished in Russia. Two were probably abandoned in what became a
part of Poland and taken over by PKP; these were 22.46 (WrN 2596/1882) and 22.48 (WrN
2598/1882). Little is known about their service and both were written off
before 1927. According to some sources, PKP obtained also the kkStB 22.45; this, however, seems doubtful. No
locomotive of this type has survived until today. It should be noted that, due to differences
between individual batches, kkStB undertook
in 1892 a reconstruction program, with the aim of introducing some
standardization. In particular, new boilers were fitted, with 165 flues and
pressure increased to 10 bar. Ex-CLB locomotives were fitted with new
axles and wheelsets. Data given below are for the last batch, built in 1882,
after re-boilering. Main
technical data
List of vehicles can be found here. References
and acknowledgments
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