Palatine Nos. 9–20

The Palatinate Railway locomotives with operating Nos. 9 to 20 were 2-4-0 locomotives acquired for mixed traffic service.

Nos. 9–20 (Pfalz)
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Emil Keßler (4) Maffei (4) Saint-Léonard (4) Build date 1846–1847 Total produced 12
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-4-0  • UIC 1B n2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Leading dia. 942 mm (3 ft 1+1⁄8 in) Driver dia. 1,215 mm (3 ft 11+7⁄8 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Engine 3,030 mm (9 ft 11+1⁄4 in)  • Tender 2,700 mm (8 ft 10+1⁄4 in) equally divided Axle load 7.75 tonnes (7.63 long tons; 8.54 short tons) Adhesive weight 15.5 tonnes (15.3 long tons; 17.1 short tons) Service weight 22.8 tonnes (22.4 long tons; 25.1 short tons) Tender type 3 T 5 Fuel capacity 3 tonnes (3.0 long tons; 3.3 short tons) Water cap. 5.0 m3 (1,100 imp gal; 1,300 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 0.81 m2 (8.7 sq ft) Boiler: ​  • Tube plates 3,770 mm (12 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Boiler pressure 6.2 bar (6.3 kgf/cm2; 90 psi) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 4.8 m2 (52 sq ft)  • Tubes 70.0 m2 (753 sq ft)  • Total surface 74.8 m2 (805 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 356 mm × 559 mm (14 in × 22 in)
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph)
Career Numbers 9 to 20 Retired End of the 1880s

Four locomotives each were manufactured by the companies Keßler of Karlsruhe, Maffei of Munich and J.-H. Regnier-Poncelet of Saint-Léonard in Liège. Initially, the engines were equipped with a four-sided steam dome, which was omitted after the boiler was replaced. Retirement began in the 1870s and was completed in the mid-1880s.

They were equipped with Type 3 T 5 tenders.

References

• Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 241–242, 348. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.