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and

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of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (''Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn'' or''GOE'').

Locomotive classification and numbering

The locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways were given a name and railway number corresponding to their inventory number, which was allocated in the order in which they were delivered. On retirement, their numbers were not re-used. The names chosen for locomotives were mainly those of German regions, rivers and towns in the

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and the rest of Germany. Names of animals, planets ad figures from Nordic mythology were used. The names of the little tank engines were especially original, intending to describe the way they moved, such as ''HIN, HER, FLINK, FLOTT'' (literally: ''Here, There, Fast'' and ''Agile''). By contrast, the names of historical people were not used, in order not to "give cause for unnecssary plays on words and connotations". On retirement the spare names were reused for newly delivered locomotives. The ''GOE'' held onto the practice of naming locomotives far longer than the other state railways(''

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''); this continued until 1920. The ''GOE'' never introduced formal locomotive classifications. Only in the run up to DRG renumbering were

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class designations used in order to simplify the naming and grouping of

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locomotives. Several locomotive classes that, at the time of the renumbering were already retired, are only referred to by locomotive classes in secondary sources.

Steam locomotives

Construction locomotives

Universal locomotives for all types of traffic

During the first three decades of its existence, the ''GOE'' managed with a locomotive type for all railway services that, in constantly upgraded forms, was re-ordered repeatedly.

Passenger and express train locomotives

Goods train locomotives

Tank locomotives

Narrow gauge locomotives

The ''GOEs narrow gauge locomotives were procured for working the

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line on the island railway on

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Railbuses

References

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