Ok1s in
post-war PKP service
Several
photos from my collection. Most of these engines no longer exist…
Ok1-288 (ex DRG 38 1928), BMAG
5887/1916, photographed at the Gdańsk Główny station in September 1964. Photo by Sigurd Hilkenbach. This engine
was withdrawn in February 1978.
Ok1-24, formerly
38 1685, Schichau 2190/1914, photographed in Międzyrzecz on September 26, 1979. Withdrawn a few months
later, in April 1980. Photo by Martin Stertz.
Another photo by
Martin Stertz from Międzyrzecz,
taken on the same day: Ok1-316 (ex 38 2886), Vulcan 3643/1921. Withdrawn
in March 1980.
The same author
and location, the next day: Ok1-296, formerly 38 2425, Schichau
2739/1919. Withdrawn in January 1981, it was later transferred to Deutsches Technikmuseum
in Berlin and is currently on display there with original service numbers (see
main page).
Another photo
from the same session: Ok1-149 (ex 38 1689), Schichau
2196/1914. Withdrawn just three months later.
Ok1-284,
photographed in Legnica on August 17, 1975, by Tadeusz Suchorolski.
This engine, formerly 38 1862 (Linke-Hofmann
1302/1916), survived in service until December 1977.
An Ok1 with a single coach was not an uncommon view on
local lines in the 1970s. This beautiful photo of Ok1-334 was taken near Dychów by Geoff Plumb on
Ok1-198,
formerly 38 2402 (BMAG 6947/1919), photographed in Kłosowice
on June 4, 1979 (photo by Martin Stertz). Withdrawn
in 1980, it was later plinthed in Żagań.
Another photo by
the same author: Ok1-37 (pre-war Ok1-47, then 38 1138, Linke-Hofmann
1103/1914), photographed near Chociszewo on June 3,
1979. Withdrawn six months later and scrapped.
Ok1-359 (this one still exists), photographed with a
special train near Staropole on July 25.1992. Photo
by Wojciech Szpigiel (from
my collection).
Ok1-359 again: smoke-box cleaning at the Wolsztyn depot. Photo by D.Gulowaty
(postcard from my collection).
Ok1-51 (Henschel
12667/1914), Tczew, March 20, 1975. This locomotive
served with KPEV as ‘Münster 2414’ and in 1919 became Belgian 6542. Having
fallen into German hands in 1940, it ended up with PKP and was
withdrawn from use in October 1976. Photo by Roman Witkowski
(postcard from my collection).
Ok1-215 (Vulcan
3669/1920), photographed at the Tłuszcz depot in
1965. Built for KPEV and
numbered ‘Magdeburg 2521’, this engine later became DRG
38 2912. It was withdrawn from PKP
in March 1976. Photo by COBiRTK
(from my collection).