DRG Class 64

DRG Class 64
64 of the DBK Historic Railway
Type and origin Build date 1928–1940 Total produced 520
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-6-2T  • German Pt 35.15 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Leading dia. 850 mm Driver dia. 1,500 mm Trailing dia. 850 mm Length: ​  • Over buffers 12,400 mm Axle load 15.3 t Adhesive weight 45.5 t Service weight 74.9 t (001–510) 75.2 t (511–520) Fuel capacity 3.0 t coal Water cap. 9,0 m³ Firebox: ​  • Grate area 2.04 m² Boiler pressure 14 bar Heating surface 104.48 m² Superheater: ​  • Heating area 37.34 m² Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 500 mm Piston stroke 660 mm Train heating steam Loco brake K-GP
Performance figures Maximum speed 90 km/h
Career Numbers DRG 64 001–520 Retired 1975

The Deutsche Reichsbahn had a standard passenger train tank engine with a wheel arrangement of 1'C1' (UIC classification) or 2-6-2 (Whyte notation) and a low axle load, which was designated in their classification system as the DRG Class 64 (Baureihe 64). The Class 64 was developed from 1926 onwards and it was built between 1928 and 1940. Many German manufacturers contributed to the series.

Construction

The boiler and elements of the driving gear were the same as those on the DRG Class 24. They had Bissel bogies, apart from ten engines which had a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie . From no. 64 368 onwards the engines were 10 cm longer than their predecessors. The Class 64 engine was given the nickname "Bubikopf" ('bob') after a fashionable ladies hairstyle of the time.

Service

After the Second World War 393 engines were still in service of which 278 went to the Deutsche Bundesbahn and 115 to the Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany). No. 64 311 remained in Austria after 1945 and became class 64 (Reihe 64) with the Austrian Federal Railways (Österreichische Bundesbahnen or ÖBB). Those engines left in Poland were given the classification OKl2 by the PKP. In 1968 there were still 60 machines in service with the Bundesbahn. Twenty Class 64 locomotives have been preserved, the majority in Germany.

Preserved Locomotives

No. 64 491 at Neuenmarkt in 2010

No. 64 250 at Treignes in 2011

At present there are still six operational Class 64's worldwide, three of which are based in Germany:

• 64 250 with the Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des 3 Vallées in Mariembourg, Belgium
• 64 344 with the Passau Railway Society (currently being renovated)
• 64 415 with the Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij in Beekbergen, Netherlands
• 64 419 with the DBK Historic Railway in Crailsheim
• 64 491 with the Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz in Ebermannstadt, Bavaria
• 64 518 with the Verein Historische Eisenbahn Emmental (VHE) in Huttwil, Switzerland

See also

• Deutsche Reichsbahn
• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses
• Einheitsdampflokomotive for more about the DRG's standard steam locomotives.

Sources

• Melcher, Peter (1988). Die Baureihe 64 Der legendäre Bubikopf. EK-Verlag Freiburg. ISBN 3-88255-872-5.
• Braun, Andreas (1986). Baureihe 64 Portrait einer Deutschen Dampflokomotive. Bayerisches Eisenbahn-Museum Nördlingen. ISBN 3-925120-04-1.
• Obermayer, Horst J.; Weisbrod, Manfred (1998). Die Baureihe 64 Eisenbahn-Journal Sonderausgabe II/98. Hermann Merker Verlag Fürstenfeldbruck.

External links

• 64 419 at the DBK Historic Railway
• 64 491 at the Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz e. V.
• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany