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| DRG Class 84 |
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| Type and origin |
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| Builder | |
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| Build date | 1935–1937 |
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| Total produced | 12 |
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| Specifications |
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Configuration:
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| • Whyte | 2-10-2T |
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| • German | Gt 57.18 |
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| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
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| Leading dia. | 850 mm (2 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
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| Driver dia. | 1,400 mm (4 ft 7+1⁄8 in) |
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| Trailing dia. | 850 mm (2 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
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| Minimum curve | 100 m (330 ft) |
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Length:
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| • Over buffers | - 15,550 mm (51 ft 1⁄4 in)
- 15,950 mm (52 ft 4 in) †
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| Axle load | 18.3 tonnes (18.0 long tons; 20.2 short tons) |
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| Adhesive weight | 91.3 tonnes (89.9 long tons; 100.6 short tons) |
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| Empty weight | 100.5 tonnes (98.9 long tons; 110.8 short tons) |
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| Service weight | 125.5 tonnes (123.5 long tons; 138.3 short tons) |
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| Fuel capacity | Coal: 3 tonnes (3.0 long tons; 3.3 short tons) |
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| Water cap. | 14 m3 (490 cu ft) or 14,000 litres (3,100 imp gal; 3,700 US gal) |
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| Firebox: | |
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| • Grate area | 3.76 m2 (40.5 sq ft) |
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Boiler:
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| • Small tubes | 158 |
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| • Large tubes | 48 |
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| Boiler pressure | 16 bar (1.60 MPa; 232 psi) |
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| Heating surface | 210.10 m2 (2,261.5 sq ft) |
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Superheater:
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| • Heating area | 85.00 m2 (914.9 sq ft) |
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| Cylinders | |
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| Cylinder size | - 480 mm (18+7⁄8 in)
- 600 mm (23+5⁄8 in) †
- 500 mm (19+11⁄16 in) ‡
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| Piston stroke | 660 mm (26 in) |
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| Valve gear | Heusinger (Walschaerts) |
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| Performance figures |
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| Maximum speed | - 70 km/h (43 mph)
- 80 km/h (50 mph) ‡
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| Indicated power | 1,426 PS (1,050 kW; 1,410 hp) |
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| Career |
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| Numbers | DRG 84 001 – 84 012 |
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| Retired | 1968 |
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The German DRG Class 84s were standard (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) goods train tank locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. A total of twelve engines were placed into service by the Reichsbahn between 1935 and 1937. The machines were given operating numbers 84 001–012. They were worked on the Müglitz Valley Railway (Müglitztalbahn) between Heidenau and Altenberg in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), for which they were specially designed to negotiate tight curves. They were manufactured by the firms of Schwartzkopff and Orenstein & Koppel. One feature was that they were fitted with Schwartzkopff-Eckhardt II bogies.
In the Second World War many of the engines were damaged and had to be sidelined as a result. The vehicles were taken over by the DR in East Germany after the war. The engines were mainly used between Schwarzenberg and Johanngeorgenstadt.
Between 1966 and 1968 all the Class 84 engines were retired apart from one. None, however, has survived.
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