Palatine G 3/3

Palatine G 3/3
DRG Class 535
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderMaffei
Serial number4543–4546
Build date1914
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0
 • UICC n2v
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,300 mm (4 ft 3+1⁄8 in)
Wheelbase:​
 • Coupled3,270 mm (10 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
 • Tender2,896 mm (9 ft 6 in)
 • incl. tender10,826 mm (35 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
Length:
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 • Over buffers14,835 mm (48 ft 8 in)
Axle load16.8 tonnes (16.5 long tons; 18.5 short tons)
Adhesive weight50.6 tonnes (49.8 long tons; 55.8 short tons)
Service weight50.6 tonnes (49.8 long tons; 55.8 short tons)
Tender type2 T 8,2
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity4.8 tonnes (4.7 long tons; 5.3 short tons)
Water cap.8.2 m3 (1,800 imp gal; 2,200 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area2.2 m2 (24 sq ft)
Boiler:
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 • Pitchc. 2,600 mm (8 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
 • Tube plates3,450 mm (11 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
 • Small tubes50 mm (1+15⁄16 in)
Boiler pressure15 bar (15.3 kgf/cm2; 218 psi)
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox10.4 m2 (112 sq ft)
 • Tubes118.7 m2 (1,278 sq ft)
 • Total surface129.1 m2 (1,390 sq ft)
Cylinders2 (compound)
High-pressure cylinder490 mm × 635 mm (19+5⁄16 in × 25 in)
Low-pressure cylinder730 mm × 635 mm (28+3⁄4 in × 25 in)
Valve gearHeusinger valve gear
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 km/h (28 mph)
Career
Numbers
  • Pfalz: 1–4
  • DRG 53 501 – 53 504
First run1919
RetiredOctober 1924
DispositionAll scrapped

The Palatine G 3/3 was a steam-driven, goods train, tender locomotive on the Palatinate network of the Royal Bavarian State Railways.

Description

The four steam engines originally ordered for the ONCF in Morocco were procured in 1919 by Palatine Railways from the firm of Maffei. They stood out at that time because of their high boiler location and a high axle load. Two of these engines had steel fireboxes. As a result of their unusual design they could not be deployed with other engines which led, in 1924, to their early retirement, although they were incorporated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in their first renumbering plan in 1923, being provisionally allocated operating numbers 53 501–504.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lothar Spielhoff (1995) [1990 Franckh-Kosmos Stuttgart], Länderbahn-Dampflokomotiven (in German), vol. Band 2. Baden, Bayern, Pfalz und Württemberg, Augsburg: Weltbild, p. 88, ISBN 3-89350-819-8
  • Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 276–277, 386. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.
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