PKP1 (KPEV2) (DRB3) 0-8-0 No. Tp1-18 (1343) (55.274)
Tarnowskie Góry, Silesia, Poland
Location: Railway Technical School
Status: Display
Abbreviation Expansion English
1 PKP Polskie Koleje Panstwowe Polish State Railways
2 KPEV Königlich Preußische Eisenbahn-Verwaltung Royal Prussian Railway Administration
3 DRB Deutsche Reichsbahn German Imperial Railway Company
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 @ 14:12:04 by Dale W Fickés
Tp1-18 (55.274) was delivered to the KPEV as Magdeburg 1343, which from 1906, became Magdeburg 4417. In 1925 it became DRB No. 55 274 and it was not until 1945 that it joined the PKP in its current identity. It was withdrawn from service at Trzebiniaó in 1966, then made its way via Przemysl to Tarnowskie Góry to be plinthed slightly north of the Dworec (station) in 1971, in front of the then Railway Technical School, ul. Pokoju 14, 42-600 Tarnowskie Góry, Silesia