PKP1 (KPEV2) (DRB3) 0-8-0 No. Tp3-36 (4832) (55.2199)
Poznan, Greater Poland, Poland 		Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej (Armoured Weapons)
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 27, 2020 @ 16:12:34 by Dale W Fickés
A locomotive that saw service through two wars, it was delivered as KPEV Bromberg 4832 and then, having made it through WWI, became Osten 4804 from 1920. In 1925 it was again re-numbered, this time as DRB No. 55 2199, survived WWII and, from the summer of 1945 joined the PKP as Tp3-36 at Poznan Glówny Towarowa. From here it travelled widely, i.e. to Ostroleka, Suwalki, Korsze and Zielona Góra before reaching Zbaszynek in 1957 where it was stored in reserve, but brought out for further service between 1960 - 1966 working from here too, and from, Rzepin. It was finally withdrawn in 1970 and, in 1973, taken to Miasteczko Slaskie. After renovation, in 1988, it was returned and plinthed between Zbaszynek Station and Motive Power Depot. In 2018 it was taken to the he former PKP depot in Koleje Wielkopolskie and, again renovated, after which it was and taken to Poznan where it is now displayed in the Muzeum Broni Pancernej (Armoured Weapons), ul, 3 Pulku Lotniczego 4, 60-421 Poznan, Greater Poland