- Mecklenburg G 3
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Mecklenburg G 3 (IX) Number(s): 350–357
(DRG 53 7701–7705)Quantity: 8 Year(s) of manufacture: 1887–1895 Wheel arrangement: 0-6-0 Axle arrangement: C n2 Length over buffers: 15,176 mm Service weight: 39.94 t Adhesive weight: 39.94 t Axle load: 13.31 t Top speed: 45 km/h Driving wheel diameter: 1,350 mm No. of cylinders: 2 Cylinder bore: 450 mm Piston stroke: 630 mm Boiler Overpressure: 10 bar Grate area: 1.53 m² Evaporative heating area: 124.8 m² Tender: 3 T 10.5 The Mecklenburg Class G 3 was an early German steam locomotive operated by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway. Formerly the Class IX it was a copy of the Prussian G 3.
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Description
In total, there were eight G 3's in the Mecklenburg fleet, which had been built between 1887 and 1895. Of these two originally came from the Lloyd Railway, Neustrelitz - Warnemünde. The engines had a steam brake and an outside valve gear of the Allan type. Five engines were intended for transfer to the Deutsche Reichsbahn, to be numbered 53 7201 - 53 7205.
The locomotives were given Class 3 T 10.5 tenders.
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References
Source
Spielhoff, Lothar, Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-440-06145-0
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany
Classes of Mecklenburg locomotive Early locomotives Passenger train locomotives Mecklenburg III · Mecklenburg IV · Mecklenburg P 2 · Mecklenburg P 3.1 · Mecklenburg P 3 · Mecklenburg P 4.1 · Mecklenburg P 4.2 · Mecklenburg P 8Goods train locomotives Mecklenburg G 2 · Mecklenburg G 3 · Mecklenburg G 4.2 · Mecklenburg G 5.2 · Mecklenburg G 5.4 · Mecklenburg G 7.2 · Mecklenburg G 7.3 · Mecklenburg G 8.1Tank locomotives Mecklenburg XI · Mecklenburg XII · Mecklenburg XIII · Mecklenburg XIIV · Mecklenburg T 3a · Mecklenburg T 3b · Mecklenburg T 4 · Mecklenburg T 9.2 · Mecklenburg T 9.3Narrow gauge locomotives Categories:- 0-6-0 locomotives
- Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway locomotives
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