HSH Class 31

Class 31 was a fireless shunting steam locomotive, used at an oil refinery in Cerrik and operated between Cerrik and Papër. Not sure if the locomotive was operated by the factory or by Hekurudha Shqiptare, the railway company of Albania.

Class 31
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderHenschel
Order number25271
ModelFireless shunting tank locomotive
Total produced1
Specifications
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Career
OperatorsHekurudha Shqiptare
Numbers31
Delivered1959
Withdrawn1992

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

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