Mosbach–Mudau Nos. 1 to 4

Mosbach–Mudau Nos. 1 to 4
Baden C
DRG Class 99.720
Number(s) 1 - 4
DRG 99 7201-7204
Quantity 4
Manufacturer Borsig
Year(s) of manufacture 1904
Retired 1964/1965
Wheel arrangement 0-6-0
Axle arrangement C n2t
Gauge 1,000 mm
Length over buffers 7,060 mm
Height 3,600 mm
Width 2,260 mm
Empty weight 18 t
Service weight 23 t
Axle load 7.7 t
Top speed 30 km/h
Indicated Power 160 PS / 118 kW
Driving wheel diameter 900 mm
Valve gear Allan
No. of cylinders 2
Cylinder bore 320 mm
Piston stroke 420 mm
Boiler Overpressure 12 bar
No. of heating tubes 129
Grate area 1.78 m²
Tube heating area 47.15 m²
Water capacity 2,4 m³
Fuel 0.9 t coal
Locomotive brakes Exter counterweight brake
Train brakes Körting vacuum brake, later Westinghouse compressed-air brake
Couplers Balancierhebelkupplung

The Mosbach–Mudau engines Nos. 1 to 4 (or Baden C) were six-wheeled, narrow gauge, tank locomotives designed for the metre gauge line from Mosbach to Mudau.

History

The four locomotives were built in 1904 by the firm of Borsig. The frame was designed as a water tank. Due to the steep inclines it had a large boiler, the boiler barrel consisting of two shells.

It had an Allan valve gear with trick valves. The connecting rods drove the third coupled wheels. The loco had an Exter counterweight brake for the engine and a Körting vacuum brake for the train. This was probably replaced in 1926 by a Westinghouse compressed-air brake. When the Deutsche Reichsbahn took over the operational running of the state-owned by privately operated line from the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebsgesellschaft, a subsidiary of the firm of Vering & Waechter who had built the line, these engines were incorporated into their fleet as numbers 99 7201 to 99 7204. In 1964/1965 the steam locomotives were retired and replaced by diesel locomotives. Until then they had managed all the traffic, no other locomotives were even employed in a temporary role.

Preserved

99 7202 as a monument at the former terminus of Mudau

All the locomotives have been preserved until the present day.

Sources

See also

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, December 05, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.