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3 unusual facts about Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways


Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways

The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg gained an important link to the south in 1876 with the so-called Southern Railway from Oldenburg via Quakenbrück as far as Eversburg on the Osnabrück–Rheine line.

The Oldenburg staff were transferred to the Reichsbahn divisions of Hannover, Hamburg und Münster/Westfalia after the disbandment of the railway division in Oldenburg town.

On 17 November 1866, the first section of the route Oldenburg–Delmenhorst was opened; in July 1867 its extension to Bremen followed, and in September of the same year the section from Oldenburg to Heppens was finally completed.


Oldenburg S 10

The express train locomotives of Oldenburg Class S 10 were built for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways for duties on the BremenOldenburgWilhelmshaven line, which was the most important express route in Oldenburg.


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