Bavarian R 3/3

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Bavarian R 3/3
DRG Class 89.7–8
ÖBB 789
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 • German
  • 1906–1913 locos: Gt 33.15
  • 1921–1923 locos: Gt 33.16
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Coupled dia.1,216 mm (3 ft 11+78 in)
Length:
 • Over beams
  • 1906–07 locos: 9,410 mm (30 ft 10+12 in)
  • 1913 locos: 9,450 mm (31 ft 0 in)
  • 1921–23 locos: 9,974 mm (32 ft 8+34 in)
Axle load
  • 1906–07 locos: 14.9 t (14.7 long tons; 16.4 short tons)
  • 1913 locos: 15.1 t (14.9 long tons; 16.6 short tons)
  • 1921–23 locos: 15.9 t (15.6 long tons; 17.5 short tons)
Adhesive weight
  • 1906–07 locos: 44.8 t (44.1 long tons; 49.4 short tons)
  • 1913 locos: 45.3 t (44.6 long tons; 49.9 short tons)
  • 1921–23 locos: 47.6 t (46.8 long tons; 52.5 short tons)
Service weight
  • 1906–07 locos: 44.8 t (44.1 long tons; 49.4 short tons)
  • 1913 locos: 45.3 t (44.6 long tons; 49.9 short tons)
  • 1921–23 locos: 47.6 t (46.8 long tons; 52.5 short tons)
Boiler pressure12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 lbf/in2)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox1.61 m2 (17.3 sq ft)
 • Evaporative89.60 m2 (964.4 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size420 mm (16+916 in)
Piston stroke610 mm (24 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 km/h (28 mph)
Indicated power430 PS (316 kW; 424 hp)
Career
Numbers
  • K.Bay.Sts.E.: 2473–2487, 2488–2490, 4701–4790
  • DRG: 89 701 – 89 714, 89 715 – 89 717, 89 801 – 89 890
Retiredby 1964

The Bavarian Class R 3/3 of the

Second World War
and the last one was not taken out of service until 1960.

Numbers 89 835, 837 and 851 remained in Austria after the

Austrian Federal Railway (Österreichische Bundesbahn or ÖBB) took them over as ÖBB Class 789 and designated them using their previous serial numbers. Numbers 789.835 and 837 were sold in 1956 as industrial locos, number 789.851 was retired in 1957. Finally number 789.837 returned to Bavaria and may be found today in the collection of the Bavarian Railway Museum (Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum) in Nördlingen
.

No. 89 801 (ex K.Bay.Sts.B. 4701) belongs to the

DB Museum fleet. It was damaged during the great fire on 17 October 2005 at Nuremberg and is being restored in Koblenz
. (See photograph left).

Bayer. R 3/3 4701
"150 Years of German Railways"
Bochum-Dahlhausen

See also

References

  • Hütter, Ingo (2021). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 60 bis 91 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 333–337. .
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 150–153. .