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Mecklenburg VII
Mecklenburg P 4.2
DRG Class 36.6

Prussian P 4.2 in Wetter an der Ruhr.

Type and origin
Builder	Henschel & Sohn (12) Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt (10) Linke-Hofmann Werke (9)
Build date	1903–1912
Total produced	31

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	4-4-0
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Leading dia.	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
Driver dia.	1,750 mm (5 ft 9 in)
Length:
• Over beams	17,645 mm (57 ft 10+3⁄4 in)
Axle load	14.9 tonnes (14.7 long tons; 16.4 short tons)
Adhesive weight	19.6 tonnes (19.3 long tons; 21.6 short tons)
Service weight	50.4 tonnes (49.6 long tons; 55.6 short tons)
Water cap.	12.0 or 16.0 m (2,600 or 3,500 imp gal; 3,200 or 4,200 US gal)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	2.31 m (24.9 sq ft)
• Evaporative	118.85 m (1,279.3 sq ft)
Cylinders	2, compound
High-pressure cylinder	460 mm (18+1⁄8 in)
Low-pressure cylinder	680 mm (26+3⁄4 in)
Piston stroke	600 mm (23+5⁄8 in)

Performance figures
Maximum speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Indicated power	580 PS (427 kW; 572 hp)

Career
Numbers	MFFE: 201–231 DRG: 36 602 – 36 620, 36 651 – 36 662
Retired	by 1931

The Mecklenburg Class P 4.2, formerly Class VII, were early German steam locomotives operated by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway and were used specifically for hauling express trains on the line from Warnemünde to Berlin. They were mechanically identical with the Prussian P 4.2. All 31 units were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn who incorporated them as Class 36.6 with numbers 36 602–620 and 651–662. The first series of numbers were engines with a 14 t axle load, the second those with a 15 t axle load. In 1931 the last locomotive of this class was retired.

No. 36 601 was a Prussian P 4.2 that was redeployed to Mecklenburg in 1920.

Apart from three units, these engines were equipped with Class 2'2' T 16 tenders.

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.
Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1976). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 01–39 (EFA 1.1) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba Buchverlag. pp. 203–205. ISBN 3-87094-081-6.

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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