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DB Class 82

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DB Class 82
82 008 at Siegen Depot Museum, June 2011.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date1950–1955
Total produced41
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-10-0T
 • UICE h2t
 • GermanGt 55.18
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Driver dia.1,400 mm (4 ft 7+18 in)
Wheelbase:
 • Axle spacing
(Asymmetrical)
  • 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +
  • 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +
  • 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +
  • 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) =
 • Engine6,600 mm (21 ft 7+78 in)
Length:
 • Over headstocks12,760 mm (41 ft 10+38 in)
 • Over buffers14,060 mm (46 ft 1+12 in)
Height4,550 mm (14 ft 11+18 in)
Axle load18.4 t (18.1 long tons; 20.3 short tons)
Adhesive weight91.8 t (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons)
Empty weight69.7 t (68.6 long tons; 76.8 short tons)
Service weight91.8 t (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity4.0 t (3.9 long tons; 4.4 short tons)
Water cap.11 m3 (2,420 imp gal; 2,910 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area2.35 m2 (25.3 sq ft)
Boiler:
 • Pitch3,100 mm (10 ft 2 in)
 • Tube plates4,000 mm (13 ft 1+12 in)
 • Small tubes44.5 mm (1+34 in), 115 off
 • Large tubes118 mm (4+58 in), 38 off
Boiler pressure14 bar (14.3 kgf/cm2; 203 psi)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox12.60 m2 (135.6 sq ft)
 • Tubes57.08 m2 (614.4 sq ft)
 • Flues52.53 m2 (565.4 sq ft)
 • Total surface122.21 m2 (1,315.5 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area51.90 m2 (558.6 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size600 mm × 660 mm (23+58 in × 26 in)
Valve gearHeusinger (Walschaerts)
Auxiliary brake82 038 – 82 041 fitted with counterpressure brake
Performance figures
Maximum speed70 km/h (43 mph)
Indicated power1,290 PS (949 kW; 1,270 hp)
Career
OperatorsDeutsche Bundesbahn
Numbers82 001 – 82 041
Retired1972

The DB Class 82 was a goods train tank locomotive with the Deutsche Bundesbahn in Germany, that was built in the period after the Second World War and was intended for shunting and normal rail services. They were to replace the ten-coupled state railway (Länderbahn) engines and also the accident-prone Class 87 DRG Einheitslok (standard locomotive).

It was the first of the DB's so-called Neubaudampflokomotiven or newly designed steam locomotives, and was built by the firms of Krupp and Henschel in 1950 and 1951 and also by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen in 1955. Although they were ten-couplers, the 41 engines were also suitable for lines with tight curves such as the Hamburg Harbour railway. To improve curve running the first and last axles were fitted with Beugniot levers. The last two examples were also equipped with Riggenbach counterpressure brakes, which enabled their operation on steep lines. The locomotives were able to haul 800 tonne trains at up to 70 km/h.

Deployment

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The engines were predominantly employed in the marshalling yards at Bremen and Hamm as well as on the harbour lines of Emden and Hamburg. The 82s could also be seen pulling mainline trains up the steep inclines of the Westerwald and in the Black Forest on the Murg Valley Railway.

Retirement began as early as 1966, the final locomotive depot being Bw Koblenz-Mosel, where the last one was withdrawn in 1972.

Preserved

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Locomotive 82 008, the last of class withdrawn, has been maintained at Bw Neumünster since early 2003 by the Rendsburger Eisenbahnfreunden.

See also

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References

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  • Hütter, Ingo (2021). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 60 bis 91 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 256–259. ISBN 978-3-946594-21-5.
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 103–106, 241. ISBN 3-87094-083-2.
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