The Prussian T 16.1 locomotives were built for the
Prussian state railways
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as
goods train
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tank locomotives
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about the time of the
First World War
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. Six examples were also procured by the
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine
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.
History
Including follow-on orders by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn
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, a total of 1,242 locomotives were delivered between 1913 and 1924. They were later redesignated as DRG Class 94.5–17 by the DRG in their
renumbering plan and were given the numbers 94 502–1380 and 94 1501–1740. Three of the T 16.1 engines belonging to the
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine
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remained in
Germany
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and were given numbers 94 1378–1380.
As part of the
reparations
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required of Germany after the First World War, 36 went to Belgium (36/53 SNCB Type 98), 21 to the ''
'' (5.505 to 5.525), 19 to the ''
Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée '' (5816–5828, later 5.AT.16 to 5.AT.28), four to the Railways of the
Saarland
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(8101–8104, which went into the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1935 as 94 1381 to 94 1384) and two to Italy (FS 897). In addition, 37 were given to the
Polish State Railway, where they were designated the TKw1. Some of these locomotives were given the Reichsbahn numbers 94 1385–1416 in the
Second World War
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. After 1945 several former French and Belgian locomotives were left with the
Deutsche Reichsbahn
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in
East Germany
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as numbers 94 1801–1810. In addition, in 1950, another T 16.1 from the Halberstadt-Blankenburg Railway was acquired and numbered as 94 6776.
Poland received over 100 locomotives after World War II, and these were classified as TKw2.
On the introduction of the new
DB renumbering scheme in 1968 the
Deutsche Bundesbahn
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locomotives were redesignated as Class 094; the
DR renumbering scheme of 1970 saw the DR in
East Germany
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reclassifying its engines as Class 94.1.
In addition to heavy
shunting and line duties the locomotives were also employed on steep lines such as the ''Friedbergbahn'' (
Suhl
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–
Schleusingen
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), ''Scheldetalbahn'' (
Dillenburg
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-Gönnern), ''Rennsteigbahn'' (
Ilmenau
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–
Schleusingen
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Geography
The town of Schleusingen in the Henneber ...
), the
Erkrath
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Geography
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–Hochdahl ramp and the ''Murgtalbahn'' (
Rastatt
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–
Freudenstadt
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). For such duties the steam engines were equipped with
Riggenbach counter-pressure brakes. The great success of this class on
inclines made it possible to do away with fiddly and time-consuming
rack railway
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operations on many
ramps
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.
In the Bundesbahn the last examples of this class were retired in 1974. In the Reichsbahn they were withdrawn even later. They were replaced in ramp duties by rebuilt
diesel locomotive
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s of
Class 118.
A total of 43 representatives of Class 94.5–17 remained after the Second World War in
Austria
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. The majority were handed over to the
MÀV in
Hungary
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or
SŽD. The remaining 14 units were retained as ÖBB Class 694. The locomotives of this class were mainly used in heavy pusher service and retired by 1966 or sold to steel works as industrial locomotives.
Preserved locomotives
Several locomotives of this class have been preserved, some of which are still working, including numbers 94 1292 and 94 1538 shown in the photographs.
In Austria the oldest preserved member of the class, 94 503, later renumbered to 694.503 is preserved at the
ÖGEG
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History
The societ ...
's locomotive park at Ampflwang, but still awaiting restoration.
Gallery
image:Dampflok-Grimmenthal-2002-09-16.jpg, 94 1292 in Grimmenthal
image:94_1538_Bw_Berlin-Sch%C3%B6neweide_12.09.10_.JPG, Dampflokomotive 94 1538 Bw Berlin-Schöneweide
image:TKw2-114_Chab%C3%B3wka_%28Nemo5576%29.jpg, TKw2-114 in Chabówka
See also
*
List of DRG locomotives and railcars
*
List of Prussian locomotives and railbuses
This list gives an overview of the locomotives and railcars that were in the Prussian state railways. Also included are the locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways (''Grossherzoglich Hessischen Staatseisenbahnen'') and the Prussia ...
*
List of preserved steam locomotives in Germany
Notes
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