Mecklenburg P 4.2

The locomotives of the type P 4.2 were passenger locomotives of the Prussian state railways, which were also used in the rapid rail system. They were a development of the P 4.1, from which they differed mainly by the compound type. There were two different versions.

P 4.2 Type of Erfurt

The P 4.2 Erfurt's design was one of the series of experiments from 1891 with four express and four passenger locomotives, two of which in composite and two built in twin design. She was identical to the P 4.1 design Erfurt up to the necessary changes for the bond drive. As with this, the trailer bogie proven not particularly well here. In addition, the locomotive had difficulty in directions, which were attributable to the otherwise more fuel-efficient composite design. It remained, therefore, in the two locomotives. First wore the numbers Hall 492 and 493, then Hall 265 and 266 and in 1906 finally Hall in 1901 and 1902. They were retired by 1920.

P 4.2 Normal type

The Prussian P 4.2 was a passenger locomotive type the Prussian state railways. After experiments with the Series P 4.1 not convince with internal control and external control very, you hesitated at the development of a P 4 in composite design to the development of so-called Dultz'schen changing device by the Union foundry from Königsberg. Only by this the journey difficulties of composite locomotives could be resolved. The P 4.2 was more powerful and more economical than the P 4.1. A total of 707 specimens were produced from 1898 to 1910, which largely coincided with the vehicles of the S 3 series.

Other tracks had the P 4.2 in their inventory.

• Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways: eight pieces (see Oldenburgische P 4.2 )
• Lübeck- Büchener Railroad: five pieces with a shortened wheelbase

At Deutsche Reichsbahn were in 1923 in their renumbering plan for steam locomotives still 549 locomotives 36003-540, 7101-7103, 7148, 7149 and 7163-7168 have been provided for the renumbering in 1925 were still the 36002-438 available. Most P 4.2 have been retired by the Second World War.

During the Second World War came the 36441-443 from Lithuania and the 36444-521 from Poland in the collections of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

The German Reichsbahn in the GDR built the 36 457 1950 / 51 toward experimental purposes in order to pulverized coal. She received smoke deflectors and a rigid frame tender 4 T 30 It was retired in 1959 as the last P 4.2.

Use in the Mecklenburg Friedrich- Franz Railway

From the turn of the century the movement won on the relation of Berlin to Warnemünde increasingly important. In addition to pure "spa trains " were also coaches to Copenhagen to promote. The locomotives previously used the genera P 3.1 came by themselves to their limits. For the section between Neustrelitz Rostock and a driving time of 112 minutes was planned. Therefore, the choice fell on the locomotives of the Prussian type P 4.2 This was necessary power and had sufficient reserves. Between 1903 and 1912 a total of 31 locomotives from Henschel, Humboldt and left were delivered and classified in the genus VII with the course numbers 201-231. The machines had the first delivery series (201 to 203) or a tender of the type 3 T 12 But the second delivery series they switched to the four-axle tender 2'2 ' T 16 and also exchanged this even at the first three locomotives.

From 1906, the locomotives were also used in the relation between Lübeck and Strasburg, and later even through to Stettin and Berlin. 1913 acquired the MFFE nor the Prussian locomotive Poznan 1915 (ex poses 226) and missed the train number 232

1925 all locomotives were, 36651-662 redrawn in the DR numbers 36601-36620. The decommissioning took place until 1931.