BAG Essen (Essener Steinkohlen) 0-4-0F No. 2 'Carl Funke'
Essen-Überruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 		Location: playground
Status: Scrapped
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Posted: Oct 16, 2023 @ 11:10:23 by Achim
Was as a memorial, on the Hattingswiese playground, Essen-Überruhr. It had to be removed due to strict security regulations. Since no one was interested in the locomotive, it was dismantled in 2004 and scrapped in 2005
Posted: Jan 6, 2023 @ 03:01:32 by Dale W Fickés
Delivered to the ESt - Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke AG, Essen, Germany PÖRTINGSSIEPEN VIII, based in Essen-Fischlaken A year later it became GBAG - Gelsenkirchener Bergbau AG, Essen PÖRTINGSSIEPEN VIII before, in late 1933 reveriing to the ESt - Essener Steinkohlenbergwerke AG, Essen. In 1935 it became Zeche Carl Funke, Essen-Heisingen No. 2 and from 1970 RAG - Ruhrkohle AG, Essen, later BAG Essen, as CARL FUNKE 2. It w withdrawn by 1972 and in 1975 plinthed in Essen-Heisingen; a decade later it was in Essen-Überruhr, and extant in 2004.