DRG Class 89.0

DRG Class 89.0
89 008 in Schwerin
Type and origin Builder Berliner Maschinenbau (001–003) Henschel (004–010) Build date 1934 (6 units) 1937 (4 units) Total produced 10
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0  • German Gt 33.15 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,100 mm (43.31 in) Length: ​  • Over buffers 9,600 mm (31 ft 6 in) Axle load 15.6 tonnes (15.4 long tons; 17.2 short tons) Adhesive weight 46.6 tonnes (45.9 long tons; 51.4 short tons) Service weight 46.6 tonnes (45.9 long tons; 51.4 short tons) Fuel capacity 2.6 tonnes (2.6 long tons; 2.9 short tons) coal Water cap. Saturated: 4,500 litres (990 imp gal; 1,200 US gal) Superheated: 4,800 litres (1,100 imp gal; 1,300 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 1.42 m2 (15.3 sq ft) Boiler pressure 14 bar Heating surface 67.86 m2 (730.4 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 24.10 m2 (259.4 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 420 mm (16.54 in) Piston stroke 550 mm (21.65 in) Loco brake Knorr automatic, single-chamber, compressed-air brakes Parking brake Counterweight brake
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph) Indicated power Saturated: 235 kW (320 PS; 315 hp) Superheated: 385 kW (523 PS; 516 hp)
Career Numbers DRG 89 001–010 Retired 1968

The DRG Class 89.0 was a goods train tank engine of standard design (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG).

History

It was the smallest standard locomotive in service with the Reichsbahn. Whilst numbers 89 001 - 89 003 were supplied as saturated steam engines, the remaining seven were superheated locomotives. After the Second World War half the machines went to the Polish State Railway (PKP) and half to the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR). The last engine 89 008 was taken out of service in 1968 at Dresden-Altstadt locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk or Bw) and remains preserved in the Dresden Transport Museum as a heritage locomotive. Since 1992 the engine has been in the ownership of the Mecklenburg Railway Friends (Mecklenburgischen Eisenbahnfreunde) in Schwerin.

Although this engine was never in service with the Deutsche Bundesbahn, interestingly it is in the DB's transport directory.

Model Railway

A Z scale model of the Class 89.0 locomotive has been used as the symbol for this model track gauge.

There has also been a model by the firm of Märklin for decades in H0 scale. The DB variant of this model has no real prototype, however, because this engine was never in the DB's fleet.

Literature

• Obermayer, Horst J. (1969). Taschenbuch Deutsche Dampflokomotiven. Stuttgart: Regelspur. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-05530-2.

See also

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses

External links

• Technical drawings and date for the Class 89.0 goods train tank locomotive at dlok.de
• Photos and date for 89 008
• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany