Palatine G 3/3
DRG Class 535
Type and origin
BuilderMaffei
Build date1919
Total produced4
Specifications
Gauge1,435 mm
Driver dia.1,300 mm
Length:
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 • Over beams14,980 mm
Axle load17 t
Adhesive weight50.6 t
Service weight50.6 t
Boiler pressure15 bar
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox2.20 m²
 • Evaporative118.70 m²
Cylinders2
Cylinder size490/730 mm
Piston stroke635 mm
CouplersSchraubenkupplung
Performance figures
Maximum speed50 km/h
Career
NumbersDR 53 501–504
Retired1924

The Palatine G 3/3 was a steam-driven, goods train, tender locomotive on the Palatinate network of the Royal Bavarian State Railways.

Description

The four steam engines originally ordered for the ONCF in Morocco were procured in 1919 by Palatine Railways from the firm of Maffei. They stood out at that time because of their high boiler location and a high axle load. Two of these engines had steel fireboxes. As a result of their unusual design they could not be deployed with other engines which led, in 1924, to their early retirement, although they were incorporated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in their first renumbering plan in 1923, being provisionally allocated operating numbers 53 501–504.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Lothar Spielhoff (1995) [1990 Franckh-Kosmos Stuttgart], Länderbahn-Dampflokomotiven (in German), vol. Band 2. Baden, Bayern, Pfalz und Württemberg, Augsburg: Weltbild, p. 88, ISBN 3-89350-819-8
  • Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 276–277, 386. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.
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