Palatine T 5

Class T 5 of the Palatinate Railway was a German, goods train, tank locomotive class with five coupled axles and no carrying axles.

Palatine T 5
DRG Class 94.0
Number(s)
  • Pfalz: 306–309
  • DRG 94 001–004
Quantity4
ManufacturerKrauss
Year(s) of manufacture1907
Retired1926
Wheel arrangement0-10-0T
Axle arrangementE n2t
TypeGt 55.14
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length over buffers12,020 mm (39 ft 5 1⁄4 in)
Empty weight56.8 t (55.9 long tons; 62.6 short tons)
Service weight72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons)
Adhesive weight72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons)
Axle load14.4 t (14.2 long tons; 15.9 short tons)
Top speed40 km/h (25 mph)
Driving wheel diameter1,180 mm (3 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
No. of cylinders2
Cylinder bore560 mm (22 1⁄16 in)
Piston stroke560 mm (22 1⁄16 in)
Boiler Overpressure13 kgf/cm2 (1.27 MPa; 185 lbf/in2)
No. of heating tubes253
Heating tube length4,350 mm (14 ft 3 1⁄4 in)
Grate area2.73 m2 (29.4 sq ft)
Radiative heating area11.5 m2 (124 sq ft)
Tube heating area157.5 m2 (1,695 sq ft)
Evaporative heating area169.00 m2 (1,819.1 sq ft)
BrakesSchleicher compressed-air brake, 2nd and 3rd coupled axle braked both sides

In 1925 they were absorbed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 94.0 into their renumbering plan.

These engines were bought specifically for the inclines between Pirmasens and Biebermühle. They could reach a speed of 40 km/h on the level with a 1,510 tonne train load, and 30 km/h on an incline of 2%. Overall, however, they were unable to match the power of locomotives from Prussia or Saxony and were retired by 1926.

The locomotive which was formerly no. 307 in the Palatinate Railway (DRG No. 94 002) was disposed of to the Eschweiler Mining Union and employed at the Baesweiler coal mine, where it was given the name of Carl Alexander and the number 3; it remained in service there until 1974. Today it is displayed at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

See also

References
    • Obermayer, Horst J. (1971). Taschenbuch Deutsche Dampflokomotiven.Regelspur (2nd ed.). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-03643-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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