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Saxon III

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Saxon III
DRG Class 34.76
Type and origin
Builder
Build date1871–1873
Total produced87
Specifications
Leading dia.1,035 mm (3 ft 4+34 in)
Driver dia.1,560 mm (5 ft 1+38 in)
Length:
 • Over beams13,035 mm (42 ft 9+14 in)
Adhesive weight25.76 tonnes (25.35 long tons; 28.40 short tons)
Service weight37.17 tonnes (36.58 long tons; 40.97 short tons)
Boiler pressure8 kg/cm2 (780 kPa; 110 psi)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox1.60 m2 (17.2 sq ft)
 • Evaporative91.93 m2 (989.5 sq ft)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size406 mm (16 in)
Piston stroke560 mm (22+116 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed70 km/h (43 mph)
Career
Numbers
  • KSäStE (new): 201–266 (SM), 276–273 (ME)
  • KSäStE (1916): 243–280 (SM), 281–284 (ME)
  • DRG: 34 7611

The Saxon Class III were early, four-coupled, tender locomotives operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways for express services. The Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped these engines in 1925 into their DRG Class 34.76.

History

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The Saxon III was built in 1871 and 1872 by the Hartmann (66 examples) and the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (21 examples). Fourteen of the Esslingen engines were subsequently given a Nowotny-Klien bogie instead of the original fixed leading wheels and were then reclassified as the IIIb.

The Reichsbahn only took over one of the unmodified engines - no. 274 BRÜNN and number her as locomotive 34 7611.

See also

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References

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  • Näbrich, Fritz; Preuß, Reiner; Meyer, Günter (1984). Lokomotiven sächsischer Eisenbahnen, Schnellzug- und Personenzuglokomotiven (EFA 2.1) (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 123–139, 207–209. ISBN 3-87094-096-4.
  • Spielhoff, Lothar (1990). Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in German). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-06145-0.[page needed]
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1976). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 01–39 (EFA 1.1) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba Buchverlag. pp. 193–194. ISBN 3-87094-081-6.