The Prussian G 12 CFOA-type variant was a class of German

2-10-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-10-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, ten powered and coupled driving wheels on five axles, and no trailing wheels. This arrangement was of ...

locomotives used by the

Prussian state railways The term Prussian state railways (German: ''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen'') encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia. The words "state railways" are not capitalized because Prussia did not have a ...

. The locomotives of this type were originally an order from the Ottoman Ministry of War, and fifteen examples were intended for the ''

Chemins de fer Ottomans d'Anatolie The Chemins de Fer Ottomans d'Anatolie ( tr, Osmanlı Anadolu Demiryolları, en, Anatolian Railway), founded on 4 October 1888, was a railway company that operated in the Ottoman Empire.Henschel Henschel & Son (german: Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicle ...

to the CFOA. The other five locomotives went to the German Military Railways with the consent of the customer. They were assigned to the Military Directorate General in Brussels (''Militär-Generaldirektionsbezirk Brüssel'') as G 12 numbers 5551 to 5555. To replace these five locomotives, Henschel delivered another five locomotives to the CFOA in 1918. The remaining five locomotives ordered for the Ottoman Empire were not made. The CFOA design differed from the later

Prussian G 12 The Prussian G 12 is a 1'E 2-10-0 goods train locomotive built for the Prussian state railways (''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen''). It had been shown during the First World War that, from a servicing and maintenance point of view, it was a great ...

in almost all dimensions. It has a larger boiler with a radially-stayed firebox (the G 12 had a

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), but smaller cylinders and smaller driving wheels After

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only No. 5553 remained in Germany and was renumbered as 58 1001 by

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in 1925. It was withdrawn in 1931. The remaining four locomotives were among the locomotives to be handed over to the Allies as part of the

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. No. 5554 went to the ''

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'', numbered and withdrawn shortly after 1945 when it was returned unserviceable from Germany. The other three locos went to the

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, who classed them in Type 92 (9251, 9253 and 9255) before quickly selling them in 1927 to the '' Société Luxembourgeoise des Minières et Chemins de Fer Prince Henri'' (Prince Henry Railway and Mining Company) in

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

, where they were classified as O'. During the occupation of Luxembourg during

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, these three locomotives were taken into the Reichsbahn's inventory as 58 601 to 58 603. After the war, the newly founded state railway of Luxembourg ''

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'' (CFL) took over the Prince Henry Railway and its locomotive fleet; the series O' receiving the new classification 53. The last example was retired by the CFL in 1957. The ten copies delivered to CFOA were taken over by the newly founded state railway of Turkey ''

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'' (TCDD). in 1957. They were withdrawn in the early 1950s.

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External links

PH série O' - CFL série 53 (Pictures of the locomotives in service in Luxembourg)
(in English, French and Luxembourgish) {{Prussian locomotives , state=expanded 2-10-0 locomotives 1′E h3 locomotives G 12 (CFOA) Standard gauge locomotives of Germany Henschel locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1917 Freight locomotives