Prussian G 3

Prussian G 3 DRG Class 53.70–71

Number(s)	DRG 53 7001–7157
Quantity	2,068
Year(s) of manufacture	1877–1896
Wheel arrangement	0-6-0
Axle arrangement	C n2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Length over buffers	15,176 mm (49 ft 9.5 in)
Service weight	38.0 t (37.4 long tons; 41.9 short tons)
Adhesive weight	38.0 t (37.4 long tons; 41.9 short tons)
Axle load	12.66 t (12.46 long tons; 13.96 short tons)
Top speed	45 km/h (28 mph)
Driving wheel diameter	1,330 mm (52.36 in)
No. of cylinders	2
Cylinder bore	450 mm (17.72 in)
Piston stroke	630 mm (24.80 in)
Boiler Overpressure	10 bar (1,000 kPa; 150 psi)
Grate area	1.53 m² (16.5 sq ft)
Evaporative heating area	124.8 m² (1,343 sq ft)
Tender	3 T 10.5

In 1905 the Prussian state railways grouped six-coupled, medium-powered, goods train, tank locomotives into its Class G 3. In addition to standard locomotives, there were also 285 G 3s that were not built to German state railway norms, because they had been built, in most cases, before the foundation of the Prussian state railways.

The G 3 standard locomotives were, in their day the standard goods train locomotives with the Prussian state railways. The first examples were procured in 1877 for the Berlin-Wetzlar railway, known as the Kanonenbahn ('Cannons' line). Other deliveries went to the various state and private Prussian railways, to the Prussian state railways themselves and the Royal Prussian Military Railway. Some of the locomotives had outside valve gear, the majority however had inner gear. The railway division of Frankfurt am Main even classified locomotives with outside valve gear as the G 2. In all some 2,068 G3 locomotives were built.

The G 3 differed from the Prussian G 4.1 in having a lower boiler overpressure of 10 bar (1,000 kPa; 150 psi) as against 12 bar (1,200 kPa; 170 psi) on the G 4.1. From 1886 onwards, only the variant with the higher boiler pressure was built. Several locomotives were later given boilers with the higher boiler pressure and were then classified as G 4.1. One G 3 ended up in the Royal Saxon State Railways on the division of the Berlin-Dresden railway and was designated as a Saxon V with the name Tellkoppe.

In 1923 the Deutsche Reichsbahn envisaged as many as 523 locomotives in its renumbering plan, with the numbers 53 7001 - 7522 and 53 8294 (from Saxony). However, by 1925 only locomotives with the numbers 53 7001 - 7157 were included. They were retired by 1930.

In the Second World War two G 3s came into the Reichsbahn fleet from Poland as numbers 53 7005 and 7006.

Other railway companies also owned Class G 3 engines:

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway: 8 units, see the Mecklenburg G 3
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine: 37 units as C 21 - C 24, later reclassified as G 3, see the Alsace-Lorraine G 3
Lübeck-Büchen Railway: 2 units, designated the Class G 2

Class G3 locomotives were equipped with a Prussian pr 3 T 10.5 tender.

One Prussian Class G 3, the Cöln 1100, later Saarbrücken 3143 has been preserved for posterity by the DB Museum in Nuremberg. It had been rebuilt from a Prüfgewicht.

Literature

Troche, Horst, preußischen Normal-Güterzuglokomotiven der Gattungen G 3 und G 4 (Reichsbahn-Baureihe 53), EK-Verlag, Freiburg, 1992, ISBN 3-88255-873-3
Wagner; Bäzold; Zschech; Lüderitz: Lokomotiven preußischer Eisenbahnen -Güterzuglokomotiven- (Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv 2.3.3); Alba Verlag Düsseldorf 1990; ISBN 3-87094-134-0
Rauter, Herbert; Weisbrod, Manfred: Preußen-Report Band Nr. 5; Hermann-Merker-Verlag Fürstenfeldbruck 1992; ISBN 3-922404-22-7

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Classes of Prussian locomotive and railcars

Express train locomotives	S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5.1 S 5.2 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 9 (Exp.) S 9 S 10 S 10.1 S 10.2 S 11

Passenger and express train locomotives	P 1 P 2 P 3 P 3.1 P 3.2 P 4 P 4.1 P 4.2 P 6 P 7 P 8 P 10

Goods train locomotives	G 1 G 2 G 3 G 4.1 G 4.2 G 4.3 G 5.1 G 5.2 G 5.3 G 5.4 G 5.5 G 7.1 G 7.2 G 7.3 G 8 G 8.1 G 8.2 G 8.3 G 9 (Mallet) G 9 G 10 G 12 (C.F.O.A) G 12 G 12.1

Tank locomotives	T 0 T 1 T 2 T 2/T 4 T 2.1 T 2/T 3/T 4 T 3 T 4 T 4.1 T 4.2 T 4.3 T 5.1 T 5.2 T 6 T 7 T 8 T 9 Elberfeld T 9 Langenschwalbach T 9.1 T 9.2 T 9.3 T 10 T 11 T 12 T 13 Hagans T 13.1 T 14 T 14.1 T 14 (Exp.) T 15 T 16 (Exp.) T 16 T 16.1 T 18 T 20 T 26 T 28

Narrow gauge locomotives	T 31 T 32 T 33 T 34 T 35 T 36 T 37 T 38 T 39 T 40

Electric locomotives	to follow

Railbuses	to follow

Prussian state railways

Classes of Ferrovie dello Stato locomotives

Steam

Tender locomotives	100 102 103 110^I 110^II 111 112 113 114 116 117 118 119^I 119^II 120 121 122 136 139 140 150 155 158 160 161 162 163 164 170 180 181^I 181^II 182^I 182^II 183 185 186 187 190 193 194 195 196 197 198 200 201 206 207 208 209 211 212 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 255 260 261 262 265 268 269 270 271 272 290 291 292 293 310 320 380 385 388 390 391 394 395 396 397 400 410 420 421 422 423 424 425 450 451 452 453 454 455 460 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 482 499^I 499^II 500 510 512 513 530 540^I 540^II 542 543 545 550 552 553 554 555 556 560 600 601 603 604 605 606 607 623 625 626 630 640^I 640^II 645 650 652 653 656 660 666 670 671 672 675 676 677 680 681 682 683^I 683^II 685 686 687 688 690^I 690^II 691 720 728 729 730 731 735 736 737 740 741^I 741^II 743^I 743^II 744 745 746 747^I 747^II 750

Tank locomotives	800^I 800^II 801 802^I 802^II 803^I 803^II 804 805 806 809 810^I 810^II 811 812 813 814 815^I 815^II 815^III 816 817 818 819 820^I 820^II 821^I 821^II 822 823 824 825 826^I 826^II 827 828^I 828^II 828^III 829 830^I 830^II 831 835 842 848 849 850^I 850^II 851 870 871 874^I 874^II 875 876 877 880^I 880^II 881 882 885 893 894 895 896^I 896^II 897 898 899^I 899^II 900 902 904 905 906 910 912 915 940 950 980 981 999

Narrow gauge locomotives	R.201 R.202 R.300 R.301 R.302 R.305 R.306 R.310 R.370 R.401 R.402 R.410 R.440 R.441 R.442 R.443 R.600 P U

Electric

Rechargeable battery	E.421

650 V DC Third rail	E.220 E.320 E.321 E.420 E.620

3,6 kV AC Three-Phase	E.330 E.331 E.332 E.333 E.360 E.380 E.390 E.430 E.431 E.432 E.550 E.551 E.552 E.554

10,6 kV AC Three-Phase	E.470 E.471 E.472 E.570

3 kV DC	E.321 E.322 E.323 E.324 E.326 E.400 E.402A E.402B E.403 E.404 E.405 E.412 E.414 E.424 E.428 E.434 E.444 E.444R E.447 E.453 E.454 E.464 E.621 E.625 E.626 E.632 E.633 E.636 E.645 E.646 E.652 E.655 E.656

25 kV AC	E.491 E.492

Diesel

Light shunters	206 207 208^I 208^II 209 210 211 R.212 213^I 213^II 214 215 216 218^I

Shunters	218^II 225 234 235 236 245 250 255

Heavy shunters	Ne 120 D.141 RD.142 D.143 D.145 D.146 D.147 356 372 Ne 700

Train locomotives	D.341 D.342 D.343 D.345 D.442 D.443 D.445 D.449 D.461

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Prussian G 3

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