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Mecklenburg VIII
Mecklenburg G 2

Type and origin
Builder	Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
Build date	1864–1869, 1888
Total produced	12

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,270 mm (4 ft 2 in)1,420 mm (4 ft 7+7⁄8 in)
Length:
• Over beams	14,352–14,450 mm (47 ft 1 in – 47 ft 5 in)
Axle load	12.8 t (12.6 long tons; 14.1 short tons)
Adhesive weight	37.8 t (37.2 long tons; 41.7 short tons)
Empty weight	34.20 t (33.66 long tons; 37.70 short tons)
Service weight	37.8 t (37.2 long tons; 41.7 short tons)
Boiler:
No. of heating tubes	193
Heating tube length	4,234 mm (13 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
Boiler pressure	10 kgf/cm (981 kPa; 142 lbf/in)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	1.26 m (13.6 sq ft)
• Radiative	7.59 m (81.7 sq ft)
• Tubes	100.12 m (1,077.7 sq ft)
• Evaporative	107.71 m (1,159.4 sq ft)
Cylinder size	610 mm (24 in)
Piston stroke	455 mm (17+15⁄16 in)

Performance figures
Maximum speed	45 km/h (28 mph)

Career
Numbers	new: 1–11, 66 1895: 315–325, 314
Retired	1909–1918

The Mecklenburg Class G 2, formerly Class VIII, were goods train locomotives with the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway. They were built for the route between Güstrow and Neubrandenburg with its steep inclines.

The engines had crossed Hall cranks (gekreuzte Hallschen Kurbeln), an outside frame, Gooch valve gear and a steam dome towards the front. The boilers on all the surviving engines were replaced between 1892 and 1897. In 1895 only four were still in the fleet. The last one was withdrawn around the turn of the 20th century.

References

Spielhoff, Lothar (1990). Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in German). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-06145-0.

v t e Classes of Mecklenburg locomotives
Early locomotives	Mecklenburg I Mecklenburg II Niclot Wodan and Thor
Passenger train locomotives	Mecklenburg III Mecklenburg IV Mecklenburg P 2 Mecklenburg P 3.1 Mecklenburg P 3 Mecklenburg P 4.1 Mecklenburg P 4.2 Mecklenburg P 8
Goods train locomotives	Mecklenburg G 2 Mecklenburg G 3 Mecklenburg G 4.2 Mecklenburg G 5.2 Mecklenburg G 5.4 Mecklenburg G 7.2 Mecklenburg G 7.3 Mecklenburg G 8.1
Tank locomotives	Mecklenburg XI Mecklenburg XII Mecklenburg XIII Mecklenburg XIV Mecklenburg T 3a Mecklenburg T 3b Mecklenburg T 4 Mecklenburg T 9.2 Mecklenburg T 9.3
Narrow gauge locomotives	Mecklenburg XVIII Mecklenburg XIX Mecklenburg T 7 (Mecklenburg T 42)
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway

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