Palatine T 3

T 3 (Pfalz)
DRG Class 89.1
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderMaffei
Build date1889–1902
Total produced27
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0T
 • UICC n2t
 • GermanGt 33.14
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,245 mm (4 ft 1 in)
Wheelbase3,475 mm (11 ft 4+3⁄4 in)
Length:
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 • Over buffers8,900 or 9,085 mm (29 ft 2+1⁄2 in or 29 ft 9+3⁄4 in)
Axle load14.0 tonnes (13.8 long tons; 15.4 short tons)
Adhesive weight42.0 tonnes (41.3 long tons; 46.3 short tons)
Service weight42.0 tonnes (41.3 long tons; 46.3 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity1.0 tonne (0.98 long tons; 1.1 short tons)
Water cap.4.0 m3 (880 imp gal; 1,060 US gal)
Firebox:​
 • Grate area1.53 m2 (16.5 sq ft)
Boiler:
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 • Tube plates3,350 mm (11 ft 0 in)
 • Small tubes47.5 mm (1+7⁄8 in), 186 off
Boiler pressure12 bar (12.2 kgf/cm2; 174 psi)
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox6.3 m2 (68 sq ft)
 • Tubes and flues83.3 m2 (897 sq ft)
 • Total surface89.60 m2 (964.4 sq ft)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size420 mm × 610 mm (16+9⁄16 in × 24 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 km/h (28 mph)
Indicated power400 PS (294 kW; 395 hp)
Career
Numbers
  • Pfalz: 13...285
  • DRG 89 101 – 89 121
Retired1953

The Palatine T 3 was a class of goods train tank locomotives with a C n2t wheel arrangement in service with the Palatinate Railway. They had no running axles. They were incorporated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 891 with operating numbers 89 101–121. Their design was based on that of the Bavarian D V.

History

Compared to other railway companies, the Palatinate Railway only procured C couplers for service on branch lines and shunting from 1889 to 1905. In Bavaria locomotives of Class C V had been in operation for 10 years.

Procurement

Over a total of 16 years, the firm of Maffei acquired a total of 27 engines in four batches.[1] The first four machines - procured in 1889/1990 - were bought as replacements for engines that had been decommissioned and they were given their numbers. The next procurement series from 1898 for seven engines and the batch ordered from 1900 for eleven engines received new, sequential numbers. In the 1902 batch of a further four locomotives, there was another re-used of previous operating numbers. In 1905 another engine with a new, consecutive number was delivered.

All the engine were given names as well as operating numbers as was usual with the Palatinate Railways at that time.

Fate

Twenty one units were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, who renamed them the Class 89.1 in their numbering scheme. In 1920, six locomotives - numbers 207, 208, 246, 252, 255 and 285[2] - had to be handed over to the Saarland Railways.

In a list of locomotives in the French occupation zone from 1948, eight engines are allotted to the EAW Kaiserslautern.[3] The last unit was retired in 1953 from the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Locomotive numbers

Details of the individual engines and their numbering are as follows:[4]

Built Numbers by epoch Additional
information
Lfd.
Nr. 		Builder Year of
manufacture 		Works
number 		Pal. Rly / R. Bav. St. Rly DRG op. no. Retired
Rly No. Name (initial) (final)
1 Maffei 1889 1503 70 OHRENBERG 89 107 89 101 < 1931
2 1504 71 REHBERG 89 108 89 102 < 1931
3 1890 1541 13 HOMBURG 89 101 89 103 < 1931
4 1542 71 ZWEYBRUECKEN 89 102 89 104 27.8.1947
5 Maffei 1898 1906 202 EINOED 89 109 89 105 27.8.1947
6 1907 203 WUERZBACH 89 110 89 106 < 1935
7 1908 204 HASSEL 89 111 89 107 11.4.1947
8 1909 205 BIERBACH 89 112 89 108 < 1933
9 1910 206 ALTSTADT 89 113 89 109 11.4.1952
10 1911 207 CONTWIG < 1930 Transferred to Saar Rly in 1920, new op. no. 6101,
11 1912 208 DELLFELD < 1932 Transferred to Saar Rly in 1920, new op. no. 6102,
12 Maffei 1900 2085 246 BAYRFELD < 1928 Transferred to Saar Rly in 1920, new op. no. 6103,
13 2086 247 BIEBERMUEHLE 89 114 89 110 27.8.1947
14 2087 248 BLICKWEILER 89 115 89 111 < 6/1953
15 2088 249 BOEHL 89 116 89 112 Wartime casualty
16 2089 250 EISENBERG 89 117 89 113 Wartime casualty
17 2090 251 HOCHSTADT 89 118 89 114 Wartime casualty
18 2091 252 LANGMEIL < 1929 Transferred to Saar Rly in 1920, new op. no. 6104
19 2092 253 TIEFENTHAL 89 119 89 115 14.11.1952
20 2093 254 RAMMELSBACH 89 120 89 116 1.11.1946
21 2094 255 RAMSTEIN < 1931 Transferred to Saar Rly in 1920, new op. no. 6105
22 2095 256 RODALBEN 89 121 89 117 < 11/1953
23 Maffei 1902 2247 57 WACHENHEIM 89 103 89 118 1.6.1953
24 2248 59 WEIDENTHAL 89 104 89 119 9.11.1953
25 2249 64 FORST 89 105 89 120 1.6.1953
26 2250 66 POTZBERG 89 106 89 121 9.11.1953
27 Maffei 1905 2389 285 WALDFISCHBACH < 1930 Transferred to Saar Rly in 1920, new op. no. 6106

References

  1. ^ Spielhof, Lokomotiven der Pfälzischen Eisenbahnen, pages 138 ff
  2. ^ Spielhoff, Lokomotiven der Pfälzischen Eisenbahnen, page 141
  3. ^ Lok Magazin, Issue 94, 1974, page 82
  4. ^ Mühl (1982), pp. 160 ff.

Literature

  • Mühl, Albert (1982). Die Pfalzbahn: Geschichte, Betrieb und Fahrzeuge der pfälzischen Eisenbahnen. Theiss. 252 pp.
  • Lothar Spielhoff (2011), Lokomotiven der Pfälzischen Eisenbahn (in German), Germering: Jürgen Pepke, ISBN 978-3-940798-15-2
  • Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 289–291, 388. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.
  • Heinz Schnabel: Deutsches Lok-Archiv: Lokomotiven bayrischer Eisenbahnen. transpress, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-344-70717-5