ONFJ 23-26

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ONFJ 23–26 / DSB AF (II)
Numbering: 23-26
Number: 4th
Manufacturer: Henschel , Kassel , GermanyGermanyGermany 
Year of construction (s): 1906
Axis formula : 2'B n2
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 13,340 mm
Empty mass: 29.2 t
Service mass: 32 t
Driving wheel diameter: 1540 mm
Number of cylinders: 2
Boiler overpressure: 12 kgf / cm²
Service weight of the tender: 17.6 t
Water supply: 6 m³
Fuel supply: 2 tons of coal
Control: 23: Heusinger
24-26: Stephenson

The Danish series ONFJ 23-26 were steam locomotives with a tender of the Odense – Nørre Broby – Faaborg Jernbane (ONFJ) with a 2'B wheel arrangement. They were originally procured for the operation of the Odense – Nørre Broby – Faaborg railway in 1906 from the German locomotive manufacturer Henschel in Kassel with construction numbers 7294–97.

history

“ Det Sydfyenske Jernbaneselskab ” (SFJ), which built the Odense – Nørre Broby – Faaborg line and leased it after completion, was given a relatively free hand by ONFJ to procure vehicles that were to be used on the new line. This was also linked to an agreement that SFJ was free to decide how the newly purchased vehicles were used.

In the early 1900s, traffic on the routes of the SFJ increased sharply. There was a need for more powerful locomotives, especially on the SFJ line between Odense and Svendborg. Therefore, the locomotives that SFJ procured for ONFJ were significantly stronger and more expensive than those that could only run on the Odense – Nørre Broby – Faaborg route. They also had a top speed of 75 km / h, which was 30 km / h above the maximum speed allowed on the ONFJ line.

After the bid was submitted, it turned out that the German factory Henschel & Sohn in Kassel had the cheapest offer. SFJ machine inspector Jacob Christian Milling signed the contract for the procurement of the new locomotives in 1905, which were acquired through the ONFJ's construction accounts. Four locomotives were delivered that were similar to those that SFJ had bought in 1896. There were also similarities to the DSB A and DSB K series from Danske Statsbaner .

The new locomotives were designated as ONFJ 23-26 . However, the abbreviation for the owner company was not attached to the locomotives until 1946. The four locomotives cost a total of 124,233 crowns .

After the four locomotives arrived in Odense at the end of September 1906, it quickly turned out that it was a good buy because the machines ran reliably. Immediately after delivery, they were used on the route between Odense and Svendborg and drove the opening train between Odense and Faaborg.

In later years the locomotives repeatedly came to special transport services, for example in 1911 when two of the machines drove a royal special train to rings for an exhibition. At the inauguration of the new line between Svendborg and Faaborg on Tuesday, June 27, 1916, two ONFJ locomotives led the inaugural train, which was led by No. 26 .

In 1914/1915 the locomotives received new superheaters and new boilers.

Although the four locomotives were purchased for the Odense-Faaborg route, they were seldom used on this route. In the first few years of operation, they ran almost all passenger trains between Odense and Svendborg. No. 26 drove 90,565 km in the operating year 1929/30. The first railcars were procured in 1932 . Nevertheless, the locomotives remained in use until and during the Second World War between Odense and Svendborg, Odense and Faaborg and between Svendborg and Faaborg.

In the early years of the occupation , Denmark experienced a number of harsh winters, including heavy snowfall. For example, engine driver Th. Larsen reported on a winter trip from Nyborg to Svendborg, which he only carried out after he had been provided with locomotive No. 24 at his own request . The locomotive was provided with a large SFJ passenger car that could hold around 70 people. Around 100 people were waiting at the platform in Nyborg, all of whom were able to get on when the train departed at 11 p.m. for Svendborg. Due to lack of space, the train driver could only ride on the locomotive and only get back into the car in Frørup after some of the passengers had disembarked there.

Problems arose on the route between Øksendrup and Langå because the train drove three times into a snowdrift. Langå and Hesselager stopped for a long time to turn on steam before the train continued towards Svendborg. There were again problems with the snow between Hesselager and Gudme, so that the train did not reach Gudme until after midnight. Here the locomotive took water from the only water crane on the way. During this time, the snow-covered coal could be shoveled forward in the tender. Between Gudme and Oure, the locomotive again had problems with the snow masses and got stuck several times. After countless attempts, the journey continued and so the train arrived at the station in Svendborg at around 3 a.m.

DSB AF (II)

The DSB took over the leases of the three railways Odense – Nørre Broby – Faaborg (ONFJ), Svendborg – Nyborg (SNB) and Svendborg – Faaborg on April 1, 1949 after several postponements.

All four Henschel locomotives that belonged to ONFJ came to the DSB as a result. The locomotives were redrawn in AF (II) 123-126 , but remained in the ownership of the private Odense-Nørre Broby-Faaborg Jernbane . The SFJ did not have a so-called "tie" , the property label of the owner company, on the chimney. They were equipped with the red-white-red chimney strip after they were accepted into the state railways' operating park.

On April 1, 1949 at 8 a.m. the DSB flag was hoisted at Odense Sydbanegård station . General director Emil Terkelsen of DSB was introduced to the managing director of SFJ, P. Hansen. Then a special train with the decorated AF 124 drove with engine driver H. Christiansen from Odense. The train formation was AF 124 + 2 AC + AV. Among the passengers were Transport Minister Carl Petersen , DSB General Director Emil Terkelsen, Ministerial Secretary Ove Nielsen and City Councilor Poul Hansen from Svendborg. After arriving in Svendborg, there were celebrations over a meal. Then the participants returned to Nyborg by omnibus.

The four locomotives remained on the SFJ routes. Only AF 124 and AF 125 received a DSB main inspection. The AF 123 retired from service as early as 1952 , the other three locomotives followed after the Odense – Nørre Broby – Faaborg line was closed in 1954. These were scrapped in the same year at H. I. Hansen in Odense.

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