The Oldenburg Class S 3

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was a German engine built for the

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Railway (''Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn or GOE'') was the railway company that was run as a state railway for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (''Großherzogtum Oldenburg''), part of the German Empire. History ...

(''Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahnen'') in 1903 and 1904. It was based on a

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prototype, the

Prussian S 3 The Prussian Class S 3s were saturated steam locomotives developed by Hanomag for the Prussian state railways and were built from 1893. Design They were a further development of the S 2 and used the same boiler. The "S" stood for ''Schnellzuglo ...

(see photo), and procured for the route between

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and

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. It was the first

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engine built for the Oldenburg state railways and also the first one fitted with a

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. It replaced the old P 4 passenger train locomotives. Six engines were built by

Hanomag Hanomag (Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, ) was a German producer of steam locomotives, tractors, trucks and military vehicles in Hanover. Hanomag first achieved international fame by delivering numerous steam locomotives to Finland, Romania and B ...

in 1903 and 1904 with numbers 151–154, 160 and 161. They differed in several technical details from their Prussian counterparts, but did not have

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which, later, became common throughout Oldenburg. The

Deutsche Reichsbahn The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regiona ...

took over all six locomotives and grouped them into DRG Class 13.18, allocating them the numbers 13 1801 to 13 1806. They were retired by 1927.

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* * 4-4-0 locomotives S 03 Railway locomotives introduced in 1903 Hanomag locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of Germany 2′B n2v locomotives {{Germany-rail-transport-stub Passenger locomotives

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