HSH Class 31 explained

Class 31
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Henschel
Ordernumber:25271
Buildmodel:Fireless shunting tank locomotive
Totalproduction:1
Operator:Hekurudha Shqiptare
Fleetnumbers:31
Deliverydate:1959
Withdrawndate:1992

Class 31 was a fireless shunting steam locomotive, used at an oil refinery in Cerrik and operated between Cerrik and Papër. Not sure if the locomotive was operated by the factory or by Hekurudha Shqiptare, the railway company of Albania.

The locomotive was second-hand and originally built for pharmaceutical factory Wolff Walsrode for a factory in Bomlitz. It was sold to Albania in 1956. In the seventies it was sold to a factory in Ballsh. The locomotive was scrapped in October 2010.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Molter, Romano . Die vergessene Eisenbahn: Eine Reise in die Geschichte der albanischen Eisenbahnen 1916-2020 . 2020 . de . Railway-Media-Group . 9783902894878.