NEUSS MPD (DIREKTION: KOLN)– steam only
044 Class 2-10-0 No. 044-754.
050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 050-341, 051-031, 051-435, 051-739, 051-864, 052-474 (shed pilot).
050 Class 2-10-0 No. 051-435A quartet of DB locomotives pose in front of the half-roundhouse at Neuss. Nearest the camera in steam is 050 Class 2-10-0 No. 051-435. Also in the frame is the friendly shedmaster, a former POW in Herefordshire after World War Two, who acted as our guide around the depot. Photograph by Peter Hands
OBERHAUSEN MPD (DIREKTION: ESSEN) – steam only
044 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 044-131, 044-137, 044-339, 044-575.
050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 050-056, 050-232, 050-256, 050-288, 050-409, 050-587, 050-661. 051-006, 051-140, 051-423, 051-443, 051-522, 051-702, 051-773, 051-783. 052-173, 052-431, 052-610. 053-046.
In store:
050 Class 2-10-0 No. 052-680.
050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 052-432, 051-702, 051-423 and 052-610A section of the large yard at Oberhausen is occupied, from left to right, by 050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 052-432, 051-702, 051-423 and 052-610, accompanied by the rather primitive coal hoist and wagons filled with discarded ash. Photograph by Peter Hands
GELSENKIRCHEN-BISMARCK MPD (DIREKTION: ESSEN) – steam only
044 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 044-014, 044-045, 044-071, 044-119, 044-135, 044-207, 044-316, 044-353, 044-379, 044-386, 044-404, 044-405, 044-470, 044-471, 044-522, 044-540, 044-585, 044-652, 044-662, 044-673, 044-948.
050 Class 2-10-0 No. 050-753.
In store:
044 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 044-093, 044-289, 044-420, 044-663, 044-701.
050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 050-654, 050-880. 051-056, 051-273. 052-327, 052-410, 052-535, 052-843.
WANNE-EICKEL MPD (DIREKTION: ESSEN) – steam only
044 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 044-203, 044-322, 044-329, 044-377, 044-402, 044-424, 044-644, 044-677.
050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 050-157, 050-222, 050-355, 050-577, 050-600. 051-233, 051-247, 051-252. 052-297, 052-353, 052-395, 052-519, 052-530, 052-681, 052-763. 053-155.
In store:
094 Class 0-10-0T No. 094-697.
050 Class 2-10-0 No. 051-157A side-on view of 050 Class 2-10-0 No. 051-157 as it awaits its next turn of duty out in the open at Wanne-Eickel. This was a strange depot consisting of a straight running shed with a transverse within the confines and cramped yard conditions. Photograph by Peter Hands
HAMM MPD (DIREKTION: ESSEN) – steam only
044 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 044-065, 044-130, 044-269, 044-318, 044-442, 044-472, 044-493, 044-499, 044-684, 044-687, 044-943.
050 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 050-397. 051-050, 051-265, 051-690. 052-429, 052-778, 052-884, 052-907. 053-082.
094 Class 0-10-0T’s Nos. 094-055, 094-730 (shed pilot).
In store:
044 Class 2-10-0’s Nos. 044-064, 044-554.
094 Class 0-10-0T’s Nos. 094-207, 094-592.
094 Class 0-10-0T’s No. 094-730One of the last surviving active 094 Class 0-10-0T’s No. 094-730, seen here in superb external condition, poses for the camera in between shed pilot duties at Hamm. In excess of 1200 of these Prussian (T16 Class) locomotives were constructed in 1913-1924. Photograph by Peter Hands