Bavarian D VI
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The Bavarian Class D VI were German 0-4-0
steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways
(Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). Maffei supplied the first 30 locomotives from 1880 to 1883, and Krauss delivered a further 23 up to 1894.
For the first time on Bavarian locomotives, running plates and Hardy vacuum brakes were installed on these saturated-steam engines. Several examples had gangways as well. An unusual feature was the location of the sandbox under the running plate between the coupled axles. They had slide valves on top and outside Stephenson link motion
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The first 44 locomotives had no side tanks. Water was stored in a well tank, and coal in the driver's cab. The last nine locomotives on the other hand had short tanks on either side, in front of the driver's cab. That increased water capacity from 1.8 to 2.3 m² and coal capacity from 0.5 to 0.8 t.
In the 1920s, several D VI's were on duty in the Palatinate (Pfalz) as pontoon locomotives at Speyer
and Maximiliansau.
In 1925 the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
took over 26 vehicles as DRG Class 98.75 (Baureihe 98.75), five of which had side tanks. They were retired by the end of the 1920s and some were sold on as industrial locomotives.
The final duties of former locomotive number 83 Berg (98 7508) were in a peat factory in Raubling
, where it was not taken out of service until 1964. This locomotive is being made operational again by the German Railway History Company (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte e. V. or DGEG).
0-4-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven...
steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways
Royal Bavarian State Railways
As a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
(Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). Maffei supplied the first 30 locomotives from 1880 to 1883, and Krauss delivered a further 23 up to 1894.
For the first time on Bavarian locomotives, running plates and Hardy vacuum brakes were installed on these saturated-steam engines. Several examples had gangways as well. An unusual feature was the location of the sandbox under the running plate between the coupled axles. They had slide valves on top and outside Stephenson link motion
Stephenson valve gear
The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for all kinds of steam engine. It is named after Robert Stephenson but was actually invented by his employees....
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The first 44 locomotives had no side tanks. Water was stored in a well tank, and coal in the driver's cab. The last nine locomotives on the other hand had short tanks on either side, in front of the driver's cab. That increased water capacity from 1.8 to 2.3 m² and coal capacity from 0.5 to 0.8 t.
In the 1920s, several D VI's were on duty in the Palatinate (Pfalz) as pontoon locomotives at Speyer
Speyer
Speyer is a city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities...
and Maximiliansau.
In 1925 the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....
took over 26 vehicles as DRG Class 98.75 (Baureihe 98.75), five of which had side tanks. They were retired by the end of the 1920s and some were sold on as industrial locomotives.
The final duties of former locomotive number 83 Berg (98 7508) were in a peat factory in Raubling
Raubling
Raubling is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the western bank of the Inn, 7 km south of Rosenheim....
, where it was not taken out of service until 1964. This locomotive is being made operational again by the German Railway History Company (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte e. V. or DGEG).
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany