VMH 1-4

VMH 1-4 was a series of locomotives built by Hohenzollern, with serial numbers 2835 to 2838, for the Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij Venlo – Maasbree – Helden (VMH) in 1911.[1] They entered service in 1912, named VENLO, PANNINGEN, HELDEN, and MAASBREE.[1]

Description

A condenser with four pipes of diameter 152 mm and a length of 3150 mm was part of the locomotive equipment.[1] It was removed at a later date.[1] At the absorption of the VMH into the Limburgsche Tramweg Maatschappij (LTM) in 1923 the locomotives were numbered 13-16.[1]

History

The MBS purchased all former VMH lines and equipment of the LTM in 1929.[1] These locomotive retained their numbers at that time.[1] The name plate of VMH 1 VENLO was placed on VMH 5 (LTM 17).[1]

In 1935 the passenger service on the line Venlo-Beringen was terminated and the locomotives were taken out of service.[1] Locomotives 13, 15 and 16 were sold for scrap in 1937.[1] Locomotive 14 remained, without axles, wheels, and driving rods in the workshops of the MBS in Gennep.[1] It was used as heating boiler.[1]

Although during the war between 1940 and 1945 there were plans to restore the locomotive to full service, these were not executed.[1] The locomotive was lost without a trace during the war activities of the liberation of The Netherlands in 1944–1945.[1]

References
  1. Overbosch, Ir. S. (1957). De Stoomlocomotieven der Nederlandse Tramwegen. Haarlem: Technische Uitgeverij H. Stam N.V.
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