Mecklenburg Friedrich Franz 2-2-2 Locomotives in Germany

Class Class I/Schwann (Locobase 11562)

Data from [], last accessed 6 August 2010. Works numbers were 251-256 in 1849.

Spidery spoke patterns on all four wheels reinforced a slender profile on these small Singles. Names for the sextet were Schwann, Warnow, Nebel, Strelitz, Magdeburg, and Mecklenburg. Given the names, these locomotives intiially pulled the most visible trains.

While most of the class retired before1890, Schwann continued in service and was renumbered again to 3.

Class Hertha (Locobase 11563)

Data from [], last accessed 6 August 2010.

Hertha and Freya were essentially sister engines, although Freya had slightly longer tubes (by 25 mm or 1") and a larger grate, which increased its heating surface by 1/10 of a sqatre meter.

Hertha and Freya were renumbered twice and retired in 1894 and 1899, respectively.

Class Hulda (Locobase 11564)

Data from [], last accessed 6 August 2010.

This single engine from Egerstorff was a bit bigger than the other I-class locomotive on the MFFE and came into service a bit later as well. Compared to other European singles in service in the same period, however, this was one of the smallest.

Class Marschall Vorwarts (Locobase 11561)

Data from [], last accessed 6 August 2010. Works number was 1.

This was the first of a small group of singles used for mixed traffic on the MFFE in the 1800s. Marschall Vorwarts received a new boiler in 1866 and remained in service until 1900.

The Wikipedia author describes the day that the shops paid less attention than usual to their task and managed to mount the driving axle backwards. (That is, the crank was oriented exactly 180 degrees out of synch with the eccentrics.) When the machinists let steam into the cylinders to test their work, the MV marched backwards through the wall of the train shed.