Ruhrthaler 2418

© H. Vogel (Bild nachträglich koloriert)

The Ruhrthaler Maschinenfabrik Schwarz & Dyckerhoff KG, Mülheim/Ruhr, delivered our diesel locomotive 34 to the German Navy, Kiel shipyard, presumably around 1942/43. It was later sold to the Bremen construction company Siemer & Müller. After it was no longer needed there, locomotive 34 was transferred to Deinste together with locomotive 24 by DFKM members on 20 June 1981.

In the original version built as a mine locomotive, diesel locomotive 34 originally had an open driver's cab. At Siemer & Müller the locomotive was equipped with it roofed driver's cab. There, the factory-fitted two-cylinder Benz engine with 42 hp was also replaced with today's KHD engine with 50 hp.

Diesel locomotive 34 has a mechanical three-speed transmission and coupling rods for power transmission to the first axle. The high weight in combined with the 50 hp engine makes Diesel Locomotive 34 extremely powerful.

The locomotive is not ready for operation.