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DRG Class 80
80 013 in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg
Type and origin
Builder
Build date1927–1928
Total produced39
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0T
 • GermanGt 33.17
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Driver dia.1,100 mm (3 ft 7+14 in)
Wheelbase:
 • Overall3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in)
Length:
 • Over buffers9,670 mm (31 ft 8+34 in)
Height4,165 mm (13 ft 8 in)
Axle load18.1 tonnes (17.8 long tons; 20.0 short tons)
Adhesive weight54.4 tonnes (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons)
Empty weight44.3 tonnes (43.6 long tons; 48.8 short tons)
Service weight54.4 tonnes (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons)
Fuel capacityCoal: 2 tonnes (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons)
Water cap.5 m3 (180 cu ft) or 5,000 litres (1,100 imp gal; 1,300 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area1.54 m2 (16.6 sq ft)
Boiler:
 • Small tubes114
 • Large tubes32
Heating tube length2,500 m (8,202 ft 1+14 in)
Boiler pressure14 bar (1.40 MPa; 203 psi)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox6.6 m2 (71 sq ft)
 • Tubes
  • Tubes: 35.37 m2 (380.7 sq ft)
  • Flues: 27.65 m2 (297.6 sq ft)
 • Total surface69.62 m2 (749.4 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area25.50 m2 (274.5 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size450 mm (17+1116 in)
Piston stroke550 mm (21+58 in)
Loco brakeDirect-release Knorr compressed-air brakes
Auxiliary brakeyes
Parking brakeK-GP mZ counterweight handbrake
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 km/h (28 mph)
Indicated power423 kW (575 PS; 567 hp)
Career
Numbers80 001–039
Retired1977

The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitsloks) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were intended to replace the aging, rickety state railway line engines performing shunting duties in their dotage at large stations.

History

Between 1927 and 1928 39 vehicles were produced, having been built in the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in Königsberg, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple locomotive class, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down.

After they had been on duty, prior to the Second World War, primarily in the area of Leipzig (including the shunting of post vans) and Cologne, 22 units went into the DR in East Germany, post-1945, and 17 to the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They were in service with the DR until 1968.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the last Bundesbahn engine was taken out of service in 1965. Several examples survived in the Ruhrgebiet until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the Ruhrkohle AG.

Preserved Locomotives

80 039 with its Hamm Museum Railway train near Uentrop

A total of seven locomotives of this class have been preserved:

See also

Sources

  1. ^ Merte, Jens. "Museal erhaltene Lokomotiven Christian Hagans, Erfurt" [Preserved locomotives from the Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans] (in German).