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===Poland=== [[File:2010-11-26-szczecin-glówny-by-RalfR-83.jpg|thumb|right|Preserved TKt48 on display at Szczecin]] [[File:Pt31-64 Chabówka (Nemo5576).jpg|thumb|left|Preserved Pt31]] [[File:20120428 Pt47 locomotive Skarzysko-Kamienna Imgp2124.jpg|thumb|left|Preserved Pt47-13 at Skarżysko-Kamienna]] Between 1932 and 1939, Polish industry supplied [[Polish State Railways|PKP]] with 98 Mikados of class [[PKP class Pt31|Pt31]] of own design (further 12 were built under German occupation).<ref name=pokr/> After World War II additional 180 of improved class [[PKP class Pt47|Pt47]] were built until 1951. Both classes were used to run heavy (600 ton) long-distance passenger trains on main lines. They were the most powerful passenger locomotives in Poland. Their wheel diameter was 1.85 m, power output 2000 hp and speed 110 km/h.<ref name=pokr>{{cite book|author=Bogdan Pokropiński|title=Parowozy normalnotorowe produkcji polskiej|trans-title=Normal gauge steam locomotives of Polish manufacture|place= Warsaw|publisher=Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności|year=2007|isbn=978-83-206-1617-0|language=pl|pages=98, 150–154, 254–255}}</ref> 191 [[PKP class TKt48|TKt48]] 2-8-2 tank locomotives were delivered to PKP between 1950 and 1957, with additional two built for the industry and six exported to [[Albania]].<ref name=pokr/> They were used on suburban passenger trains and on goods trains in lower mountain areas. {{Clear}}
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