PKP class Ol49 is a class of ordinary passenger (O)

2-6-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Prairie. Overview The major ...

(l) steam engine designed in 1949 and used in

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by the

Polskie Koleje Państwowe (''PKP S.A.''; en, Polish State Railways, Inc.) is the dominant railway operator in Poland. The company was founded when the former state-owned enterprise was divided into several units based on the need for separation between infrastructure ...

(Polish State Railways) (PKP). A total of 116 were built between 1951 and 1954, 112 for the PKP and four for export to

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, by Fablok in Chrzanów. They replaced the older Ok1 and Ok22. Several examples are still in use, based out of Wolsztyn, while others have been mounted at various locations across Poland.

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