Warszawa 2025-02-07

Steam Locomotive Tr6-39.

Steam locomotive type Tr6 is a steam locomotive of Prussian origin, known as type G8², series designation DRG 5620-29. Locomotives of this type were built in the period 1919-1926. Production was located in factories; Henschel & Sohn (Cassel), A. Jung (Jungenthal), Linke Hofmann (Breslau), F, Krupp (Essen) and AEG (Berlin). The locomotive is similar to type G8³, which in Poland was designated as series Tr3. Both designs were closely related to the Prussian steam locomotive G12, also known in PKP, under the designation series Ty1.

After 1945, the PKP company took over 52 units, which were designated the Tr6 series. They were grouped in DOKP Wrocław, where they served until the early 1970s. The locomotives were assigned to the following locomotive depots: Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, Miłkowice, Jelenia Góra, Węgliniec and Kłodzko.

The museum locomotive Tr6-39, designated DRG 56 2795, ended its work in Węgliniec. It was removed from the register on 19 January 1972. On 2 November 1983, the locomotive was transferred to the museum. In 1995, the locomotive was renovated to museum condition, including the addition of missing components. In April 2022, the locomotive was renovated to museum condition, mainly painting.

The Tr6-39 museum locomotive was manufactured by Linke Hofmann Lauchhammer AG, Breslau, i.e. in Wrocław. Factory number 2616-1923. Axle arrangement 1’D. Maximum speed 65 km/h. Steam pressure in the boiler 14 at. Diameter of the rolling wheels 1.00 m. Diameter of the drive wheels 1.40 m. Tender 20C1. Water reserve 20 m3. Coal reserve 6,000 kg. Total weight with tender 129,100 kg. Total length 16.97 m.

Opracował Karol Placha Hetman