 This
is a stamp with a very similar design to the previous one from
Tanzania and it depicts the same steam locomotive, a
class XXIX, 1'C1' (2-6-2T) locomotive from the narrow
gauge
Urskog-Høland railway (U.H.B.). On closer inspection it appears
to be No. 7, the last engine provided before the close down of the
line in 1960, as it looks after rebuilding and restoring by the
railway museum foundation. More accurately this is the only member
of the class XXIXb, a 20 tons, 7.99 m l.o.b. engine, built in 1950
by Henschel & Sohn in Germany. In 1952 it got the name "Prydz" after
the general manager of the railway, Eigil Prydz. The three XXIX
locomotives were recognized as being both economical and easy to
drive. After the close down of the railway, No. 7 served for 20
years at the
Norwegian Railway Museum in Hamar, until it was returned to
U.H.B., where it now can be seen pulling the museum trains. The text
"Norway Swedish Jodemans Railway" on the stamp is quite puzzling,
because no such railway exists. The stamp is one of nine stamps on a
minisheet showing
locomotives from different countries.
Catalogue Nos.: Sc 1838d / SG 2102 / Mi 2125 / YT 1886
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