Palatine Nos. 26–63

The Palatine Nos. 26 to 63 were steam locomotives of the Palatine Railways (Pfalzbahn) and typical express train, tender locomotives of the Crampton type with wheel arrangement 2A. Both running axles were housed in the main frame, the driving axle was behind the vertical boiler. This enabled driving wheels with a diameter of 1,830 mm (6 ft 0 in) to be fitted without placing the boiler higher than was customary at the time. As a further feature, the locomotive number 28 Pfalz ("Palatinate") had weather protection for the engine driver and fireman, which was not common at the time.

Pfalzbahn 26–29, 36–41, 46–49, and 60–63
Pfalzbahn 61 A. JAEGER (Esslingen 622 of 1863) in Ludwigshafen in 1865
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Serial number
  • Maffei: 132–135
  • Esslingen: 265–270, 295–296, 431–432, 621–624
Build date1853–1864
Total produced18
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-2-0
 • UIC2A
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Leading dia.1,220 mm (4 ft 0 in)
Driver dia.1,830 mm (6 ft 0 in)
Wheelbase:
 • Engine		3,962 mm (13 ft 0 in)
Axle load10.2 tonnes (10.0 long tons; 11.2 short tons)
Adhesive weight10.2 tonnes (10.0 long tons; 11.2 short tons)
Service weight24.2 tonnes (23.8 long tons; 26.7 short tons)
Fuel type3 T 5,7
Fuel capacity3.2 tonnes (3.1 long tons; 3.5 short tons)
Water cap.5.7 m3 (1,250 imp gal; 1,510 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		0.98 m2 (10.5 sq ft)
Boiler pressure6.2 bar (6.3 kgf/cm2; 90 psi)
Heating surface68.6 m2 (738 sq ft)
 • Tubes63.3 m2 (681 sq ft)
 • Firebox5.3 m2 (57 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size356 mm × 610 mm (14 in × 24 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed75 km/h (47 mph)
Career
OperatorsPalatine Railways
Numbers26–29, 36–41, 46–49, and 60–63

Four units were made by Maffei in 1853, and fourteen by Keßler (Maschinenfabrik Esslingen) between 1855 and 1864. The Maffei locomotives had the regulator housing in the middle of the boiler, a larger smokebox than those from Keßler, a smooth vertical boiler and steam chest arranged over the cylinder. The locomotives were equipped with Type 3 T 5.7 tender.

In 1925 the third example of the series, number 28 PFALZ was replicated in the Weiden repair shop. This replica is now on loan from the Nuremberg Transport Museum in the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum.

  • Number 28 PFALZ (Maffei 134 of 1853)
    Number 28 PFALZ (Maffei 134 of 1853)
  • Replica of DIE PFALZ, Nuremberg, 1985
    Replica of DIE PFALZ, Nuremberg, 1985

References
    • Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 243–245, 384. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.
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