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OKa1
OKa1 was the designation used by the Polish State Railways, PKP for light steam locomotive of the former Latvian State Railways Tk series. Built in 1928–1934, the units were of German and Latvian production. After 1945, it was used by the Polish State Railways; it was the only steam locomotive in Poland with one driving axle. History In 1928, management of the Latvian State Railways placed an order for the construction of light and economical locomotives to support suburban traffic. A total of 20 were purchased, of which the first three were built in Weimar Republic, Germany (Nos. 231–233) at the Hohenzollern plant in Düsseldorf. Locomotive trials were successful, so in 1931 a further six were ordered from German plants (234-236 - Krupp and 237-239 - Henschel), with final assembly and the construction of various parts (such as the driver's cab and water tanks) carried out by the Latvian Fēnikss plant in Riga. Slight improvements to the design were made over the first batch o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OKf100
OKf100 was the designation used for a single First Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakian-built passenger steam locomotive, formerly part of the Lithuania, Lithuanian TK series, used by the Polish State Railways. After 1945, one member of this series ended up in Poland, classified as the only example in the OKf100 series. The locomotive belonged to the Lithuanian TK series of passenger tank locomotives, consisting of four units, manufactured in 1932 by Škoda Works of Czechoslovakia and bearing numbers 11 to 14. These locomotives originally ran on Standard-gauge railway, standard gauge tracks, but after Lithuania was Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940), annexed by the Soviet Union, USSR in 1940, they were converted into Broad-gauge railway, broad-gauge units. During World War II, they found themselves in Austria, again converted into standard gauge. Unit 14 (factory number 754) was delivered to Poland, being temporally numbered as PK 14 for unknown reasons. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |