Mecklenburg G 4.2
The Mecklenburg Class G 4.2 operated by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway was a goods train, steam locomotive with a compound engine. It was procured between 1901 and 1905 from Henschel and Linke based on the Prussian G 4.2 prototype. A total of five machines were built for Mecklenburg. It was planned that they would be taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and were to have been given numbers 53 401 - 53 405 according to the 1923 provisional DRG renumbering plan. But they were retired by 1924 before the final plan was issued.
Mecklenburg X Mecklenburg G 4.2 | |
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Quantity | 5 |
Manufacturer | Henschel & Sohn |
Year(s) of manufacture | 1901–1905 |
Retired | 1924 |
Wheel arrangement | 0-6-0 |
Axle arrangement | C n2v |
Length over buffers | 15,367 mm (50 ft 5 in) |
Service weight | 40.35 t (39.71 long tons; 44.48 short tons) |
Adhesive weight | 40.35 t (39.71 long tons; 44.48 short tons) |
Axle load | 13.45 t (13.24 long tons; 14.83 short tons) |
Top speed | 45 km/h (28 mph) |
Driving wheel diameter | 1,345 mm (4 ft 5 in) |
Valve gear | Allan |
No. of cylinders | Two, compound |
LP cylinder bore | 650 mm (25 9⁄16 in) |
HP cylinder bore | 460 mm (18 1⁄8 in) |
Piston stroke | 630 mm (24 13⁄16 in) |
Boiler Overpressure | 12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 lbf/in2) |
Grate area | 1.53 m2 (16.5 sq ft) |
Evaporative heating area | 116.00 m2 (1,248.6 sq ft) |
Tender | pr 3 T 12 |
Water capacity | 12.0 m3 (2,600 imp gal; 3,200 US gal) |
The vehicles were equipped with a Hartmann steam brake and had inside Allan valve gear. The engines were able to haul a 500 tonne train on an incline of 1:300 at 30 km/h.
In 1920 a G 4.2 was transferred from Prussia to Mecklenburg. It was given running no. 406 and would have become DRG 53 451.
References
- Spielhoff, Lothar (1990). Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in German). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-06145-0.