Palatine G 3/3

Palatine G 3/3 DRG Class 535
Type and origin Builder Maffei Build date 1919 Total produced 4
Specifications Gauge 1,435 mm Driver dia. 1,300 mm Length: ​  • Over beams 14,980 mm Axle load 17 t Adhesive weight 50.6 t Service weight 50.6 t Boiler pressure 15 bar Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 2.20 m²  • Evaporative 118.70 m² Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 490/730 mm Piston stroke 635 mm Couplers Schraubenkupplung
Performance figures Maximum speed 50 km/h
Career Numbers DR 53 501–504 Retired 1924

The Palatine G 3/3 was a steam-driven, goods train, tank locomotive on the Palatinate network of the Royal Bavarian State Railways.

Description

The four steam engines originally ordered for the ONCF in Morocco were procured in 1919 by Palatine Railways from the firm of Maffei. They stood out at that time because of their high boiler location and a high axle load. Two of these engines had steel fireboxes. As a result of their unusual design they could not be deployed with other engines which led, in 1924, to their early retirement, although they were incorporated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in their first renumbering plan in 1923, being provisionally allocated operating numbers 53 501–504.