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PKP class Ol49 is a class of ordinary passenger (O) 2-6-2 (l) steam engine designed in 1949 and used in Poland by the Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish State Railways) (PKP). A total of 116 were built between 1951 and 1954, 112 for the PKP and four for export to North Korea, by Fablok in Chrzanów.
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They replaced the older Ok1 and Ok22.[1]
Several examples are still in use, based out of Wolsztyn, while others have been mounted at various locations across Poland.
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Durrant 1972, p. 115.
- Durrant, A. E. (1972). The Steam Locomotives of Eastern Europe. Newton Abbot, Devon: David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4077-8.
Further reading
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- Jennings, Toby (29 January – 25 February 2016). "Poland's Preservation dawn". Steam Railway. No. 450. Bauer Media Group. pp. 64–70. ISSN 0143-7232. OCLC 63292071.
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