Palatine T 5

Class T 5 of the Palatinate Railway was a German, goods train, tank locomotive class with five coupled axles and no carrying axles.

Palatine T 5 DRG Class 94.0
Pfalzbahn 307, later DRG 94 002 at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum, June 2011
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Krauss Serial number 5778–5781 Model 1907 Total produced 4
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-10-0T  • UIC E n2t  • German Gt 55.14 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,180 mm (3 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Axle spacing (Asymmetrical) 1,340 mm (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in) + 1,340 mm (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in) + 1,580 mm (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in) + 1,340 mm (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in)  • Engine 5,600 mm (18 ft 4+1⁄2 in) Length: ​  • Over buffers 12,020 mm (39 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Axle load 14.4 t (14.2 long tons; 15.9 short tons) Adhesive weight 72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons) Empty weight 56.8 t (55.9 long tons; 62.6 short tons) Service weight 72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2.5 t (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons) Water cap. 6.0 m3 (1,300 imp gal; 1,600 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 2.73 m2 (29.4 sq ft) Boiler: ​  • Pitch 2,710 mm (8 ft 10+3⁄4 in)  • Tube plates 4,350 mm (14 ft 3+1⁄4 in)  • Small tubes 50 mm (1+15⁄16 in), 253 off Boiler pressure 13 bar (13.3 kgf/cm2; 189 lbf/in2) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 11.5 m2 (124 sq ft)  • Tubes 157.5 m2 (1,695 sq ft)  • Total surface 169.0 m2 (1,819 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 560 mm × 560 mm (22+1⁄16 in × 22+1⁄16 in) Loco brake Schleicher compressed-air brake, 2nd and 3rd coupled axle braked both sides
Performance figures Maximum speed 40 km/h (25 mph)
Career Numbers Pfalz: 306–309 DRG 94 001 – 94 004 Retired September 1926

In 1925 they were absorbed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 94.0 into their renumbering plan.

These engines were bought specifically for the inclines between Pirmasens and Biebermühle. They could reach a speed of 40 km/h on the level with a 1,510 tonne train load, and 30 km/h on an incline of 2%. Overall, however, they were unable to match the power of locomotives from Prussia or Saxony and were retired by 1926.

The locomotive which was formerly no. 307 in the Palatinate Railway (DRG No. 94 002) was disposed of to the Eschweiler Mining Union and employed at the Baesweiler coal mine, where it was given the name of Carl Alexander and the number 3; it remained in service there until 1974. Today it is displayed at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

See also

• Royal Bavarian State Railways
• Palatinate Railway
• List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses
• List of Palatine locomotives and railbuses

References

• Obermayer, Horst J. (1971). Taschenbuch Deutsche Dampflokomotiven.Regelspur (2nd ed.). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-03643-X.
• Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 294, 295, 388. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.
• Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 200–202. ISBN 3-87094-083-2.