DRG Class 56.2–8

DRG Class 56.2–8 DB Class 056 DR Class 56.1 ÖBB 656 PKP Class Tr5

Quantity	691
Retired	1970
Wheel arrangement	2-8-0
Axle arrangement	1'D h2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Service weight	74.6 t (73.4 long tons; 82.2 short tons)
Adhesive weight	64.1 t (63.1 long tons; 70.7 short tons)
Axle load	16.2 t (15.9 long tons; 17.9 short tons)
Top speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
Indicated Power	927 kW (1,243 hp)
Driving wheel diameter	1,350 mm (53.15 in)
Leading wheel diameter	800 mm (31.50 in)
No. of cylinders	2
Cylinder bore	600 mm (23.62 in)
Piston stroke	660 mm (25.98 in)
Grate area	2.58 m² (27.8 sq ft)
Superheater area	51.88 m² (558.4 sq ft)²
Evaporative heating area	146.04 m² (1,572.0 sq ft)
Tender	pr 3 T 16.5/20 pr 2'2' T 21.5
Water capacity	16.5 m³ (580 cu ft) 20.0 m³ (710 cu ft) 21.0 m³ (740 cu ft)

Between 1934 and 1941 the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) converted a total of 691 former Prussian-built Class 55.25–56 steam locomotives; the result was the DRG Class 56.2–8. The carrying axle enabled higher speeds and the engine could even be used as a passenger train locomotive. In addition the average axle load was lower, so that these locomotives could also be used on branch lines. The conversion entailed moving the boiler forward and raising it somewhat. The vehicles were given operating numbers between 56 201 and 56 891, although the numbering was not continuous.

The Deutsche Bundesbahn took over 368 of the 410 remaining engines after the Second World War and retired them by 1968. The last one was 56 241, that was to have been allocated the number 056 241-3. The East German Deutsche Reichsbahn retired their last locomotives (now called the DR Class 56.1) by the end of 1970.

Numbers 56 218, 258, 317, 543 and 598 remained in Austria after the war, locomotives 56 317 and 543 retiring as early as 1953. The remaining engines formed the Austrian ÖBB Class 656. All three were withdrawn by 1956.

The engines left in Poland after 1945 were given the PKP classification Tr5. One locomotive, the Tr5-65, is preserved at Wolsztyn.

The vehicles were coupled with Prussian tenders of class 3 T 16.5, 3 T 20 or 2'2' T 21.5.

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Classes of Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotive

Express train tender locomotives	01 01.10 02 02.1 03 03.10 04 05 06 19.10

Passenger train tender locomotives	23 24

Goods train tender locomotives	41 42 43 44 45 50 52 56.2–8

Express train tank locomotives	61

Passenger train tank locomotives	62 64 71.0

Goods train tank locomotives	80 81 84 85 86 87 89.0

Rack railway, branch line & narrow gauge locomotives	97.5 98.10 98.11 99.19 99.21 99.22 99.32 99.73–76

Electric locomotives	E 04 E 05 E 06.1 E 15 E 16 E 16.5 E 17 E 18 E 19 E 21 E 21.5 E 44 E 60 E 63 E 75 E 77 E 80 E 91 E 93 E 94 E 95 E 178 E 244

Diesel locomotives	V 3001 V 3201 V 3601 V 3602 V 3801 Kö I Köf II

Railbuses and multiple units	ET 25 ET 25.1 ET 31 ET 41 ET 51 ET 51.1 ET 55 ET 65 ET 82 ET 85 ET 87 ET 89 ET 91 SVT 125 SVT 137 ET 165 ET 166 ET 167 ET 168 ET 169 ET 171 SVT 877 Wismar

State railway locomotive lists	Baden Bavaria Mecklenburg Oldenburg Palatinate Prussia Saxony Württemberg

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DRG Class 56.2–8

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