Mecklenburg P 3.1

The steam locomotives of DRG Class 34.73, formerly the Mecklenburg Class P 3.1 were passenger train locomotives operated by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway and were based on the Prussian P 3.1. They were sometimes used in express train services to begin with. Of the 41 examples belonging to this administration, which were built between 1888 and 1908, two originally came from the Lloyd Railway (Neustrelitz-Warnemünde). One improvement over the Mecklenburg P 2 was the braked coupled axle.

Twenty two of these locomotives were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, where they were given the running numbers 34 7301–34 7308 and 34 7351–34 7364. These engines were exclusively vehicles from the Friedrich-Franz Railway.

The engines were equipped with Prussian tenders of Class pr 3 T 10.5.

See also

• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway
• List of Mecklenburg locomotives

Sources

• Wagner; Bäzold; Zschech; Lüderitz (1990). Lokomotiven preußischer Eisenbahnen - Schnellzug und Personenzuglokomotiven. Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.3.1 (in German). Berlin: transpress. ISBN 3-87094-133-2. 
• Pierson, Kurt (1981). Die Preußischen Dampflokomotiven 1850–1922 (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-813-7. 

Classes of Mecklenburg locomotives
Early locomotives	Mecklenburg I Mecklenburg II Niclot Wodan and Thor
Passenger train locomotives	Mecklenburg III Mecklenburg IV Mecklenburg P 2 Mecklenburg P 3.1 Mecklenburg P 3 Mecklenburg P 4.1 Mecklenburg P 4.2 Mecklenburg P 8
Goods train locomotives	Mecklenburg G 2 Mecklenburg G 3 Mecklenburg G 4.2 Mecklenburg G 5.2 Mecklenburg G 5.4 Mecklenburg G 7.2 Mecklenburg G 7.3 Mecklenburg G 8.1
Tank locomotives	Mecklenburg XI Mecklenburg XII Mecklenburg XIII Mecklenburg XIV Mecklenburg T 3a Mecklenburg T 3b Mecklenburg T 4 Mecklenburg T 9.2 Mecklenburg T 9.3
Narrow gauge locomotives	Mecklenburg XVIII Mecklenburg XIX Mecklenburg T 7
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway