PKP class Ol49

PKP Ol49

PKP Ol49-44 in Chabówka
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Fablok
Build date 1951–1954
Specifications
Configuration 2-6-2
AAR wheel arr 116
UIC class 1′C1′ h2
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Driver dia. 1,750 mm (68.90 in)
Adhesive weight 51.4 tonnes (50.6 long tons; 56.7 short tons)
Loco weight 83.5 tonnes (82.2 long tons; 92.0 short tons)
Firebox:
  Firegrate area
3.7 m2 (40 sq ft)
Boiler pressure 16 kg/cm2 (1.57 MPa; 228 psi)
Heating surface 159.4 m2 (1,716 sq ft)
Superheater:
  Heating area 68.3 m2 (735 sq ft)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 500 mm × 630 mm (19.69 in × 24.80 in)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 124 kN (27,880 lbf)
Career
Operators PKP
Class Ol49
Numbers Ol49-1 to Ol49-112

PKP class Ol49 was a class of ordinary passenger (O) 2-6-2 (l) steam engine designed in 1949 and used in Poland by the Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish State Railways) (PKP). A total of 116 were built between 1951 and 1954, 112 for the PKP and four for export to North Korea, by Fablok in Chrzanów.

They replaced the older Ok1 and Ok22.[1]

Several examples are still in use, based out of Wolsztyn, while others have been mounted at various locations across Poland.

See also

References

  1. Durrant 1972, p. 115.

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