DSB T (II)

DSB T (II)
Numbering:	297-299
Number:	3
Manufacturer:	297: AG Vulcan Stettin , 1920 - formerly 38 2877 298: Schichau-Werke , 1917 - formerly 38 2126 299: Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt , 1919 - formerly 38 2625
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )

The Danish steam locomotive series DSB T (II) were three locomotives of the DR series 38.10 , which remained in Denmark in 1945 after the end of the Second World War and were used by Danske Statsbaner .

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history

By the occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940 by the armed forces , among other German series locomotives of BR 38.10, both in Jutland and on Funen were used. There were certain restrictions for the P8: the BR 38.10 could only be used on the Padborg - Århus - Frederikshavn , Fredericia - Nyborg and Lunderskov - Esbjerg - Struer routes. The German locomotives were required in Denmark for German transports during the occupation. Among other things, troops had to be transported to Norway and Finland as well as building materials for bunker systems on the west coast of Jutland. In addition, troop transports came to Denmark in the last years of the war, where the soldiers were reorganized and prepared for new missions at the front.

Until 1944 they occasionally used SF trains , the express trains for front vacationers. These trains ran from Flensburg to North Jutland, but were normally hauled by Danish locomotives. A total of around 150 different BR 38.10 locomotives were in service in Denmark up to 1945. The locomotives that drove in Denmark during this time belonged to the railway depots in northernmost Germany. This applied to the locomotives that remained in Denmark at the end of the war on May 5, 1945.

In the first time after the end of the war, the Reichsbahn General Directorate tried to get most of its equipment back to Germany. After May 5, 1945 there were several thousand German freight wagons and a number of steam locomotives abroad, including the three locomotives of the BR 38.10 in Denmark.

In contrast to countries like Norway, the majority of German locomotives were returned as soon as possible. This was not possible with the three locomotives that were in Jutland. 38 2126 and 38 2625 were slightly damaged in Århus , and 38 2877 was in Fredericia . They were previously located in the Neumünster (38 2625) and Husum (38 2126 and 38 2877) depots and were kept there until May 16, 1945.

Takeover by DSB

DSB wanted to take over the three locomotives as well as another German locomotive (57 2718), which had also remained in Denmark. In September 1945 there were negotiations with the British authorities, which resulted in DSB being able to purchase the locomotives on very favorable terms. Shortly afterwards, two of the machines went back into operation. There were 38 2126 and 38 2625 who were driving with German numbers in Jutland.

38 2625 was used in Jutland from September 1945 to June 1946, while 38 2126 ran from September 1945 to January 1947. Both locomotives were stationed in Århus. 38 2877 was parked in the workshop and was not taken back into service until March 31, 1948 in Skanderborg.

The three German locomotives that DSB took over in September 1945 consisted partly of parts from different predecessor locomotives, which resulted from the exchange of boilers and tenders.

Locomotive details

The later T 297 (38 2877) consisted of parts from three different manufacturers. It was built in 1920 by Stettiner Maschinenbau AG for the Hanover Railway Directorate as P 8 Hanover 2566 . Linke-Hoffmann's boiler originally belonged to Hannover 2576 . The tender was built by Schwartzkopff for the Altona 2467 .

The frame of the later T 298 was made by Schichau in 1917, the tender by Schwartzkopff in 1913. In 1953 the locomotive received the boiler of the 57 2718 that was also acquired; it was built in 1918 by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG (Hanomag).

For the later T299 , the frame built by Humboldt-Werke in 1919 came from Coeln in 1486 . The boiler was built by Schwartzkopff in 1919 and previously installed in Bromberg 2473, and the tender was the one built in 1922 by Humboldt-Werke for Hannover 2608 .

Processing and redrawing

After long deliberations about what should be done with the locomotives, it was decided in 1947 to carry out a so-called S overhaul and to use the 57 2718 as a spare parts donor. For this purpose, all three, the first 38 2625, were transferred to the main workshop in Copenhagen on September 18, 1947, where they stood for a few months. During the S revision , a boiler examination and a complete inspection of the drive took place. In addition, the locomotives were provided with the red and white ring on the chimney, and some special changes were made according to Danish conditions.

With the decision for a general inspection it was also decided to classify the locomotives in the T series with the numbers 297 to 299. The new numbers were placed on bronze plates on the locomotives. 38 2625 left the workshop in Copenhagen on June 11, 1948 as the T 299 for its first test drive. After further improvements and test drives on Vestbanen and Nordvestbanen , it was sent back to Jutland, where it was assigned to the Århus depot on August 17, 1948 as the first class T locomotive .

Immediately thereafter, 38 2126 was examined, which began on August 26, 1948 in Centralværkstedet København . Only after the turn of the year was it sent as the T 298 on the last test drives in January and February 1949. From February 20, 1949 she was stationed in Frederikshavn.

The refurbishment of the 38 2877 took place from January 22, 1949. On July 1, 1949 it returned to operational service in Frederikshavn.

Homes and missions

In July 1949, all three locomotives were combined in the Frederikshavn depot. As early as autumn 1948, the T 299 had received the inner-Danish long-distance train ( Landsdelstoget ) No. 25 for transport from Ålborg to Frederikshavn, which at times also received a lead from a K series locomotive from the Frederikshavn depot. .

In Vendsyssel , the locomotives were used for both passenger and freight train service on the route between Frederikshavn and Ålborg. The machines were also used further south as the boilers in Århus were washed out. The circuit was planned in such a way that every 12th day a train ran from Frederikshavn to Århus, on which there was no locomotive change in Ålborg. On the way back from Århus, the locomotive carried a freight train to Frederikshavn. The machines also carried an express freight and post train to Randers south of Ålborg from 1950 to 1953, which had previously been driven with Ålborg R (I) locomotives.

End of use and scrapping

The service of the T 298 ended on March 10, 1956 . It was left damaged in Frederikshavn, where it remained until it was withdrawn on October 10, 1959. Then it came to Skanderborg, where DSB collected a number of steam locomotives that were no longer needed or had been postponed from repair. It stayed here until 1966 when it was sold for scrapping.

On April 30, 1956, the T 297 was shut down . It was transferred to the goods yard in Copenhagen-Belvedere in Vesterbro on July 21, 1956 to be used as a heating locomotive. For this purpose, it was converted to oil firing in the central workshop. Its use lasted almost ten years before it was taken out of service in 1965. Then it stood in the freight yard and was sold for scrapping in 1969. This took place in 1970 at Nordisk Jern & Metal in Hedehusene .

So in May 1956 only the T 299 was still in service. From the summer of 1956 she served as a reserve locomotive in Frederikshavn. As the receipt of a single item seemed too expensive for the DSB, it was decided to take it out of operation. From October 18, 1956, no further investigations were carried out. The locomotive was then taken to the Skanderborg locomotive cemetery. On October 16, 1967, the decision was made to reserve the T 299 for the future railway museum . She stayed in Skanderborg until 1969 and was then transferred back to Frederikshavn. In 1972 it was found that the locomotive was in such bad condition that it was impossible to maintain it. That is why it was sold to the HI Hansen company in Odense in 1973 and transferred there for scrapping on September 12, 1973.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DSB steam locomotives. DSB T (II) 297-299. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved February 20, 2014 (Danish). 

Web links

• DSB steam locomotives. Pictures and details DSB T (II) 297. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved February 20, 2014 (Danish). 
• DSB steam locomotives. Pictures and details DSB T (II) 298. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved February 20, 2014 (Danish). 
• DSB steam locomotives. Pictures and details DSB T (II) 299. In: jernbanen.dk. Retrieved February 20, 2014 (Danish).