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HSH Class 31

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Class 31
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderHenschel
Serial number25271
ModelFireless shunting tank locomotive
Build date1940
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0F
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Career
OperatorsHekurudha Shqiptare
Number in class1
Numbers31
Delivered1959
Withdrawn1992
ScrappedOct. 2010
Dispositionscrapped

Class 31 was a fireless shunting steam locomotive used at an oil refinery in Cerrik, operating between Cerrik and Papër. It is unclear if the locomotive was operated by the factory or by Hekurudha Shqiptare, the railway company of Albania.

The locomotive was second-hand and originally built for pharmaceutical factory Wolff Walsrode for use in a factory in Bomlitz. It was sold to Albania in 1956. In the 1970s it was sold to a factory in Ballsh. The locomotive was scrapped in October 2010.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Molter, Romano (2020). Die vergessene Eisenbahn: Eine Reise in die Geschichte der albanischen Eisenbahnen 1916-2020 (in German). Railway-Media-Group. ISBN 9783902894878.