BBÖ 113 DRB 33.1 ÖBB 33
Locomotive 33.132 in 2011
Type and origin Builder Lokomotivfabrik der StEG (33) Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf (7) Build date 1923–1928 Total produced 40
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-8-0 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Leading dia. 1,034 mm (3 ft 4+3⁄4 in) Driver dia. 1,740 mm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Overall 9,540 mm (31 ft 3+1⁄2 in)  • incl. tender 17,174 mm (56 ft 4+1⁄4 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 20,698 mm (67 ft 11 in) Height 4,650 mm (15 ft 3+1⁄8 in) Adhesive weight 59.4 t (58.5 long tons; 65.5 short tons) Service weight 85.2 t (83.9 long tons; 93.9 short tons) Tender type 85 Fuel capacity 7.44 m3 (263 cu ft) of coal Water cap. 27.0 m3 (950 cu ft) Boiler: ​  • Tube plates 9,966 mm (32 ft 8+1⁄4 in) No. of heating tubes 151 No. of smoke tubes 32 Heating tube length 5,200 mm (17 ft 3⁄4 in) Boiler pressure 15 kgf/cm2 (1.47 MPa; 213 lbf/in2) Heating surface: ​  • Tubes 187.90 m2 (2,022.5 sq ft)  • Firebox 4.47 m2 (48.1 sq ft)  • Radiative 16.10 m2 (173.3 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 69.5 m2 (748 sq ft) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 560 mm (22+1⁄16 in) Piston stroke 720 mm (28+3⁄8 in)
Performance figures Maximum speed 100 or 85 km/h (62 or 53 mph)
Career Numbers BBÖ: 113.01 – 113.40 DRB: 33 101 – 33 140 ÖBB: 33.101–33.140 Retired 1968

The BBÖ 113 was a class of 40 express train, 4-8-0 tender locomotives operated by the Federal Railway of Austria (Bundesbahnen Österreichs, BBÖ).

History

After World War I new locomotives had to be built for the Austrian Western Railway due to increasing train loads and the replacement of old, wooden, passenger coaches with steel-bodied coaches. A 4-8-0 design was chosen which was based in many respects on the Class 570 of the Austrian Southern Railway, but which, at the same time, had numerous improvements. Between 1923 and 1928 40 locomotives of this new Class 113 were taken into service with the BBÖ.

This class was very powerful and much liked by locomotive crews. It was employed on the most importance passenger train duties and in front of express and fast trains (Eilzüge) and fulfilled its role on main lines well until the end of the steam era, when its top speed of 85 km/h was no longer considered enough. In 1939, the Deutsche Reichsbahn took these locomotives over as DRG Class 33 101–140. In 1953 there were still 33 engines left in the ÖBB, their Reichsbahn numbers being retained. All were retired by 1968.

50 close copies were of Class 570 were built in Poland by Fablok and StEG, as PKP Class Os24. Class 113 was further developed in Hungary, where 514 MÁV Class 424 were built for Hungary, Yugoslavia and North Korea.

Preserved locomotives

Number 33.102 has been preserved for the Austrian Railway Museum (Österreichische Eisenbahnmuseum) and is based today at the Strasshof Railway Museum (Eisenbahnmuseum Strasshof) in Lower Austria. In the 1980s a preserved example in Yugoslavia was bought by private firm and restored to operational status. Today this engine has the fictitious number 33.132 and is available for heritage trips. A single Os24 locomotive exists in Poland, which can be regarded more as a Polish copy of the Class 570 predecessor.^[1]

See also

• Deutsche Reichsbahn
• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses

References

• Zoubek, Dieter (2004). Erhaltene Dampflokomotiven in und aus Österreich/Austrian preserved steam locomotives. Eigenverlag. ISBN 3-200-00174-7.

External links

• The Class 33 at dampflok.at
• The locomotive database Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine