Palatine T 5

Class T 5 of the Palatinate Railway was a German, goods train, tank locomotive class with five coupled axles and no carrying axles.

Palatine T 5
DRG Class 94.0
Type and origin
BuilderKrauss
Build date1907
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-10-0T
 • GermanGt 55.14
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,180 mm (3 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Length:
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 • Over beams12,020 mm (39 ft 5+1⁄4 in)
Axle load14.4 t (14.2 long tons; 15.9 short tons)
Adhesive weight72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons)
Empty weight56.8 t (55.9 long tons; 62.6 short tons)
Service weight72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons)
Boiler:
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No. of heating tubes253
Heating tube length4,350 mm (14 ft 3+1⁄4 in)
Boiler pressure13 kgf/cm2 (1.27 MPa; 185 lbf/in2)
Heating surface:
 • Tubes		157.5 m2 (1,695 sq ft)
 • Firebox2.73 m2 (29.4 sq ft)
 • Radiative11.5 m2 (124 sq ft)
 • Evaporative169.00 m2 (1,819.1 sq ft)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size560 mm (22+1⁄16 in)
Piston stroke560 mm (22+1⁄16 in)
Loco brakeSchleicher compressed-air brake, 2nd and 3rd coupled axle braked both sides
Performance figures
Maximum speed40 km/h (25 mph)
Career
Numbers
  • Pfalz: 306–309
  • DRG 94 001–004
Retired1926

In 1925 they were absorbed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 94.0 into their renumbering plan.

These engines were bought specifically for the inclines between Pirmasens and Biebermühle. They could reach a speed of 40 km/h on the level with a 1,510 tonne train load, and 30 km/h on an incline of 2%. Overall, however, they were unable to match the power of locomotives from Prussia or Saxony and were retired by 1926.

The locomotive which was formerly no. 307 in the Palatinate Railway (DRG No. 94 002) was disposed of to the Eschweiler Mining Union and employed at the Baesweiler coal mine, where it was given the name of Carl Alexander and the number 3; it remained in service there until 1974. Today it is displayed at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

See also

References
    • Obermayer, Horst J. (1971). Taschenbuch Deutsche Dampflokomotiven.Regelspur (2nd ed.). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-03643-X.
    • Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 294, 295, 388. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.
    • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 200–202. ISBN 3-87094-083-2.
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