BBÖ 12

BBÖ Class 12, DRB Class 69.0 ÖBB Class 69
Type and origin Builder Floridsdorf Build date 1934, 1937 Total produced 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-2-2T Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Leading dia. 870 mm Driver dia. 1,450 mm Trailing dia. 870 mm Wheelbase 0 mm ​  • Overall 3.300 m Length: ​  • Over buffers 7.927 m Height 3.880 m Adhesive weight 13.0 t Service weight 32.0 t Fuel capacity 1.2 t oil Water cap. 4.0 m³ Firebox: ​  • Grate area 1.04 m² Boiler: ​  • Small tubes 99 Boiler pressure 11 bar Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 4.35 m²  • Total surface 53.55 m² Cylinder size 345 mm Piston stroke 480 mm
Performance figures Maximum speed 80 km/h
Career Numbers BBÖ 12.01–02 DRB 69 001–002 ÖBB 69.02

The steam locomotive class BBÖ 12 was an express train tank locomotive class with the Federal Railway of Austria (BBÖ).

Convinced by the performance of the kkStB-Class 112 the BBÖ decided in 1934 to procure tank engines for regional express services as well. For reasons of cost, however, they achieved this by converting 0-6-0 tank locomotives built in 1898 by Krauss/Linz). One unit was converted by the Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf in 1934 and another in 1937. Locomotives 97.153 and 97.152 were used for the conversion. The boiler and the valve gear were used unchanged. Oil-firing was provided, the tank for which was installed on the rear section of the boiler barrel, and enabled one-man operation. The engines were given a special livery with the water tanks and driver's cab being painted light green.

The little locomotives proved themselves well, but no more were converted, because from 1935 the BBÖ DT 1 was available for short express trains.

In 1938 the Deutsche Reichsbahn took the engines over as 69 001 and 69 002. Only the latter was still around after the Second World War. It became ÖBB 69.02 in the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and was used on a bridge inspection train. This engines is still preserved today.

See also

• Deutsche Reichsbahn
• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses

References

• Schröpfer, Heribert (1989). Triebfahrzeuge österreichischer Eisenbahnen - Dampflokomotiven BBÖ und ÖBB. Düsseldorf: alba. ISBN 3-87094-110-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany