Baden I b

Baden I b DRG Class 88.75
Type and origin Builder MBG Karlsruhe Build date 1874–1893
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-0T Gauge 1,435 mm Length: ​  • Over buffers 6,925 mm Axle load 12.1 t Adhesive weight 24.2 t Service weight 24.2 t Firebox: ​  • Grate area 0.73 m2 Boiler pressure 10 bar Heating surface 46.95 m2 Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 280 mm Piston stroke 460 mm
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h
Career Numbers DRG 88 7501–7503 Retired 1926

The Baden Class I b locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways were built for the pontoon bridges from Heidelberg to Speyer. Altogether three of these engines were on duty, of which two had been taken over from the Palatinate Railway in 1874. A third machine was procured directly from the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe in 1893.

All three locomotives were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 88.75. Shortly thereafter they were retired, however, as locomotives of the Bavarian Class D VI took over pontoon bridge operations.

This class should not be confused with the earlier class with the same designation which is usually referred to as the Baden I b (old) to distinguish it.

Sources

• Lokomotiv-Archiv Baden, Hermann Lohr, Georg Thielmann, transpress Berlin, ISBN 3-344-00210-4, 1988.

See also

• Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway
• List of Baden locomotives and railbuses