Kriegsloks on old photos

Several old photos of Kriegsloks from my collection. Some of them do capture the atmosphere of days long gone by…

Ty2-611 (Schwartzkopff 12307/1943), somewhere in Poland, August 1961. This engine was withdrawn in 1989.

Ty42-57 (HCP 908/1945), photographed at the Warszawa Wschodnia station in 1961.

Two pictures taken in Białogard on September 1, 1987. Ty2-617 (MBA 12362/1943) and Ty2-372 (Krauss-Maffei 16610/1943), both withdrawn in 1989…

… and Ty2-1342 (Henschel 28337/1944), also withdrawn in 1989.

Ty2-29 (Henschel 26971/1942) during its glory days, photographed between Dobra and Skrzydlna on February 4, 1989.

Ty42-49 (HCP 900/1945), photographed in Zajączkowo Tczewskie on August 21, 1992.

Ty2-1234 (BMAG 12470/1943) in Nasielsk, 1987. This engine, ex DRG 52 6029, fell into Soviet hands in 1945and was sold to PKP in 1962. Photo by PhotoGataR; more railway-related pictures at http://photogatar.com.

Two photos taken by Waldemar Michniuk, obtained via Norbert Tkaczyk (used by permission): Ty2-1155 (ex 52 7739, WLF 17087/1944), photographed near Gorzów Wielkopolski on July 23, 1986…

…and Ty2-493 (ex 52 5440, Schichau 3718/1943), photographed at the same location three days later, with a passenger train. Withdrawn in 1989 and 1990, respectively, both were later scrapped.

Three 52s pose at the Schichau works, where they were built, in April 1944. 52 7535 later became Ty2-1141 and was one of the last in service (withdrawn in March 1990). 52 685 went to the USSR and was handed over to PKP in 1948, to become Ty2-1178. 52 686, after ten years with MPS, ended up as an industrial locomotive somewhere in the USSR. Photo by Carl Bellingrodt.

An unknown BR52, photographed probably somewhere in Austria between 1945 and 1948 (the photo was developed by a Viennese photographer in 1948).

52 6144-1, DR (BMAG 12585/1943), photographed in Rothensee, Germany, on February 25, 1973. This engine was written off in July 1976.

Ty42-43, Photographed in Kluczbork on November 12, 1986. Photo by Krzysztof Słowikowski.

Ty2-1371 (ex 52 689), Schichau 4242/1944, photographed in the Jaworzyna Śląska depot on June 12, 1979, by Martin Stertz. This engine survived in service until April 1991.

Another picture of the Ty2-1371, taken on the same occasion.

Austrian 52.7017 (WLF 16470/1943), Linz, Austria, December 27, 1974. Photo by Martin Stertz. Withdrawn in 1977 and scrapped.

Another Austrian Kriegslok: 52.221 (BMAG 12226/1943), photographed by Martin Stertz in Klaus on January 3, 1974. Sold to Switzerland in 1979.

Ty2-98 (ex 52 121), Krauss-Maffei 16432/1943. Jaworzyna Śląska depot, June 12, 1979. Photo by Martin Stertz. This engine was withdrawn in August 1984.

More pictures from the same location, date and author: Ty2-153 (ex 52 514), Borsig 15611/1944. Withdrawn in November 1981.

Ty2-1298 (ex 52 3286), Jung 11297/1944. Withdrawn in April 1992 and moved to Choszczno (erroneously designated Ty2-1398), then to Wolsztyn and finally to Pogodowo in 2011.

Ty2-1306 (ex 52 7082), WLF 16535/1943. Survived in service until March 1990.

Ty2-1164 (ex 52 7766), MBA 14350/1944. Withdrawn in March 1990.

Ty2-762 (ex 52 6907), WLF 16360/1943. This engine was withdrawn in November 1987.

Ty2-242 (ex 52 2230), photographed near Świdnica on May 30, 1980, by Martin Stertz. Survived in service until March 1990.

The same author and date: Ty2-618 (ex 52 5942), BMAG 12368/1943, Ścinawka Średnia. Withdrawn in February 1990.

Another picture taken on the same day (obviously a very busy one): Ty2-1328 (ex 52 6054), BMAG 12495/1943, Bolesławice Świdnickie. Withdrawn in November 1991.

Ty2-984 (ex 52 3289), Jung 11300/1944, photographed by Martin Stertz near Krzyż on June 6, 1979. Survived in service until October 1990.

Ty2-668 (ex 52 6214), BMAG 12655/1943, photographed in Elbląg on August 23, 1967. Photo by Sigurd Hilkenbach. Withdrawn in January 1977.

Ty2-733 (ex 52 6742), WLF 16193/1943 (note the original WLF tender), photographed by Martin Stertz near Trzebieszewo on May 31, 1980. Withdrawn in November 1990.

Ty2-1056 (ex 52 5001), MBA 14071/1944, photographed by Helmut Starck in Tczew on June 21, 1983. Withdrawn in April 1986.

Ty2-1268 (ex 52 5147), Fablok 1156/1943, photographed by Martin Stertz near Studzieniec on September 12, 1988. This engine survived in service until August 1990.

Ty2-1175 (ex 52 4500), HCP 817/1944, photographed in Białośliwie on April 24, 1976. This engine was rebuilt to oil firing in mid-1960s and survived in service until March 1992.

Ty2-535 (ex 52 5591), Schichau 3842/1943, photographed by Martin Stertz in Forst, Germany, on May 14, 1983. Withdrawn in December 1991.

Ty2-835 (ex 52 7547), WLF 16895/1944, photographed in Chełm by Krzysztof Wiśniewski in 1989. This engine was withdrawn in May 1990.

Ty2-776 (former 52 7080, WLF 16533/1943), photographed in Przeworsk on October 18, 1986. Photo by Krzysztof Słowikowski; withdrawn in October 1990.

Ty2-144 (ex 52 480), Borsig 15577/1943, Nakło, September 28, 1975. This locomotive remained in service until March 1991.