KkStB 270

SB Class 229 / HSH class 56
CFR 140 class at Cluj, August 1972
Type and origin Builder Floridsdorf, Böhmisch-Mährische Maschinenfabrik Build date 1917-1930 Total produced kkStB: 7
Specifications Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Overall 6,800 mm Length 17.443 mm Height 4.589 mm Adhesive weight 57.3 t Empty weight 61.2 t Service weight 68.0 t
Performance figures Maximum speed 60 km/h
Career Retired ÖBB: 1968 ČSD: 1976

The steam locomotive class kkStB 270 was a tender-class with the Imperial Austrian State Railways (k.k. österreichische Staatsbahnen), kkStB. These locomotives were in services in Austria, Hungary and Albania.

Albania

Hekurudha Shqiptare, the railway operator of Albania, received some locomotives of this class in 1948. These were the first locomotives for the new railways of the country. The locomotives were renumbered in the 56 class and were former war trophies of Russia. Before that, the locomotives were in use by MÁV, Deutsche Reichsbahn, BBÖ and ÖStB. Locomotive 56 3408, the former 270.110 was still stored near Shkozet in 1998.

Literature

• Heribert Schröpfer, Triebfahrzeuge österreichischer Eisenbahnen - Dampflokomotiven BBÖ und ÖBB, alba, Düsseldorf, 1989, ISBN 3-87094-110-3
• Dieter Zoubek, Erhaltene Dampflokomotiven in und aus Österreich, Eigenverlag, 2004, ISBN 3-200-00174-7

See also

• Deutsche Reichsbahn
• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses