Bavarian Pt 2/4 H

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Bavarian Pt 2/4 H DRG Class 71.2
Type and origin Builder T Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Leading dia. 1,006 mm (3 ft 3+5⁄8 in) Driver dia. 1,546 mm (5 ft 7⁄8 in) Trailing dia. 1,006 mm (3 ft 3+5⁄8 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 10,700 mm (35 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Axle load 16.0 t (15.7 long tons; 17.6 short tons) Adhesive weight 31.7 t (31.2 long tons; 34.9 short tons) Service weight 60.0 t (59.1 long tons; 66.1 short tons) Boiler pressure 12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 lbf/in2) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 1.23 m2 (13.2 sq ft)  • Evaporative 67.90 m2 (730.9 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 19.60 m2 (211.0 sq ft) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 490 mm (19+5⁄16 in) Piston stroke 540 mm (21+1⁄4 in)
Performance figures Maximum speed 75 km/h (47 mph)
Career Numbers K.Bay.Sts.E.: 5001–5012 DRG: 71 201–212 Retired 1948

The Pt 2/4 H was a class of

.

The vehicles all had a gravity-fed

later made modifications to the driver's cab.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn took all engines of this type over. The last Pt 2/4 H locomotive was retired in 1948.

See also

• Royal Bavarian State Railways
• List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses

References

• Hütter, Ingo (2021). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 60 bis 91 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 71–72.
  ISBN 978-3-946594-21-5
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• Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 48–50.
  ISBN 3-87094-083-2
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