1663 MANNERTREU

Works Number
1663
Delivered
Gauge
15"
Prototype class
Outline
Standard Gauge
Wheel arrangement
4-6-2
Cylinder arrangement
Motive power
Steam
Comments

Built to designs of Roland Martens.  New to Rheinische Bahngesellschaft A.G  for an exhibition at Dusseldorf  which ran until 17/10/1937, at first named DONNER  later JAN  WELLEM. Sold  1939 and put in storage at Cologne until after WW2. 1950 restored to working order, 1950-51 at Cologne named ARNOLDSCHE 2, later at Munich named STRUWWELPETER,  1957-58 at Cologne again named MANNERTREU. 1972 sold to Bressingham Steam Museum, England, and used on their Waveney Valley Railway. 1997 dismantled for major rebuild, re-entered service by  08/2006. 2011 withdrawn from service as original boiler was life expired.

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