- Bavarian LE
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Bavarian LE
DRG Class 99.07Number(s): I–V
99 071–75Quantity: 5 Manufacturer: Krauss Year(s) of manufacture: 1885–1900 Retired: 1935 Wheel arrangement: 0-6-0 Axle arrangement: C n2t Type: K 33.6 Gauge: 1,000 mm Length over buffers: 6,100 mm Height: 3,400 mm Overall wheelbase: 1,800 mm Empty weight: 12.72 t, 13.36 t *, 13.67 t ** Service weight: 16.30 t, 16.96 t *, 17.47 t ** Adhesive weight: 16.30 t, 16.96 t *, 17.47 t ** Top speed: 30 km/h Indicated Power: 100 PSi Driving wheel diameter: 800 mm Valve gear: Allan No. of cylinders: 2 Cylinder bore: 260 mm Piston stroke: 400 mm Boiler Overpressure: 12 kp/cm²
117.7 N/cm²No. of heating tubes: 105, 107* Grate area: 0.53 m² Radiative heating area: 2.63 m² Tube heating area: 29.03 m², 29.58 m² * ** Evaporative heating area: 31.66 m², 32.20m² * ** Water capacity: 1.77 m³* Fuel: 0.65 t coal Locomotive brakes: Counterweight brake Train brakes: Schmid continuous brake *,
Hardy vacuum brake **
Westinghouse compressed-air brake **** no. III
** from no. IV
*** from 1908The steam locomotives of Bavarian Class LE were narrow gauge engines with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen).
Contents
History
The engines were manufactured for the metre gauge route between Eichstätt-Stadt and Eichstätt-Bahnhof. In 1885 the railway procured two units and, in 1892, a third. After the 5.2 kilometre long line was extended from Eichstätt by 30 kilometres, two more engines were added in 1898 and 1900. The machines carried railway numbers I - V.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn took over all five engines in 1925 as Class 99.07 with numbers 99 071–99 075. The first two locomotives were retired by 1932, the remaining three in 1935, after the whole route was converted to standard gauge.
Technical Features
The engines were of a design by Krauss that, in similar dimensions, was used for other classes, include some for the Felda Railway, later the Prussian T 31, and designated by the factory as XXXV.
The locomotives had a box frame with a water tank. The short boiler barrel comprised two boiler rings. On top of the boiler were the steam dome, two spring-balance, safety valves and a sand dome. The flat valves were operated by an Allan valve gear, the connecting rod worked the third axle. On the first locomotives the driving gear was also covered, but these were removed around 1908. The coal bunkers were located in front of the driver's cab. The engines carried up to 1.77 m³ of water and 0.65 tonnes of coal.
The air pump for the compressed-air brake was positioned at the front right, next to the smokebox, the air reservoirs were on the right and left of the boiler and the silencer was fixed to the chimney.
Sources
Ernst Hoecherl: Eichstätter Schmalspurbahn 1885-1934. Bufe-Fachbuch-Verlag, Egglham und München 1984, ISBN 3-922138-18-7
See also
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany
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