PKP class Ol49

4 ft 8+12 in)Driver dia.1,750 mm (68+78 in)Adhesive weight51.4 tonnes (50.6 long tons; 56.7 short tons)Loco weight83.5 tonnes (82.2 long tons; 92.0 short tons)Fuel typeCoalFirebox:​ • Grate area3.7 m2 (40 sq ft)Boiler pressure16.3 kg/cm2 (1.60 MPa; 232 psi)Heating surface159.4 m2 (1,716 sq ft)Superheater:
​ • Heating area68.3 m2 (735 sq ft)CylindersTwo, outsideCylinder size500 mm × 630 mm (19+1116 in × 24+1316 in)Valve gearWalschaerts
Performance figures
Tractive effort124 kN (27,880 lbf)
Career
OperatorsPKP
ClassOl49
NumbersOl49-1 to Ol49-112

PKP class Ol49 is a class of ordinary passenger (O) 2-6-2 (l) steam engine designed in 1949 and used in Poland by the Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish State Railways) (PKP). A total of 116 were built between 1951 and 1954, 112 for the PKP and four for export to North Korea, by Fablok in Chrzanów.

They replaced the older Ok1 and Ok22.[1]

Several examples are still in use, based out of Wolsztyn, while others have been mounted at various locations across Poland.

Running passenger service in 1993
Fablok Ol49-69 at the Żukowo Wschodnie railway station, 2019

See also

  • PKP classification system

References

  1. ^ Durrant 1972, p. 115.
  • Durrant, A. E. (1972). The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe. Newton Abbot, Devon: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to PKP class Ol49.
  • Jennings, Toby (29 January – 25 February 2016). "Poland's Preservation dawn". Steam Railway. No. 450. Bauer Media Group. pp. 64–70. ISSN 0143-7232. OCLC 63292071.
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