- Bavarian G 3/4 H
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Bavarian G 3/4 H
DRG Class 54.15–17
ÖBB 654
Number(s): DRG 54 1501–1725 Quantity: 225 Year(s) of manufacture: 1919–1923 Retired: 1966 Wheel arrangement: 2-6-0 Axle arrangement: 1'C h2 Gauge: 1,435 mm Length over buffers: 17,500 mm Service weight: 62.2 t Adhesive weight: 49.8 t Axle load: 16.7 t Top speed: 65 km/h Indicated Power: 765 kW Driving wheel diameter: 1,350 mm Leading wheel diameter: 950 mm No. of cylinders: 2 Cylinder bore: 520 mm Piston stroke: 630 mm Boiler Overpressure: 13 bar Grate area: 2.64 m² Superheater area: 36,65 m² Evaporative heating area: 130.97 m² Tender: Bavarian 3 T 18,2 Water capacity: 18.2 m³ The Class G 3/4 H steam locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) was built between 1919 and 1923. Its striking features in comparison with the G 3/4 N were its superheater system, the feedwater preheater, the larger and higher-positioned boiler and its Adams axle. In addition, they were more powerful and efficient than their predecessors. All 225 examples that were built were taken over by the Bavarian Group Administration within the Reichsbahn and were initially operated under their old numbers. Later they were given operating numbers 54 1501–1725 following the final renumbering plan issued by the DRG. The majority of locomotives also survived the Second World War. The last engine (with operating number 54 1632) was not retired until 1966.
Numbers 54.1534, 1548, 1550, 1559, 1589 and 1663 remained in Austria after the war. The ÖBB added them to their fleet and ran them as ÖBB Class 654. All engines in this class were retired by 1957. Number 654.1663 was reassigned in 1956 as an industrial locomotive in the main workshop at Simmering, where it received the number 913.502.
The engines were equipped with a Bavarian 3 T 18,2 tender.
See also
Source
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany
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