DR Class 01.5
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DR Class 01.5 | |
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Walschaerts (Heusinger) | |
Train heating | Steam |
Performance figures | |
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Maximum speed |
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Indicated power | 1,839 kW (2,500 PS; 2,466 hp) |
Career | |
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Numbers | Originally: 01 501 – 01 535 from 1970: Oil-fired: 01 0501 – 01 0535 Coal-fired: 01 1506 – 01 1519 |
Retired | 1991 |
The DR Class 01.5 was the designation given by the
History
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In 1962 the repair shop (Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk) of
The rebuild did not just involve the installation of a new boiler; the entire locomotive underwent modification. The most obvious external change was the steam space cover running the length of the boiler barrel and copied from the
The new boiler made the so-called Reko-01 (Reko is short for
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From locomotive number 01 519, all the locomotives were given oil-firing systems when rebuilt, which enabled a further increase in performance. Apart from the seven engines at Berlin Ostbahnhof
Accident
Number 01 516, at the time already sporting its computer number 01 1516-2, achieved regrettable notoriety, when on 27 November 1977 its boiler exploded at Bitterfeld station due to a lack of water, killing not only the crew of 2, but another 7 bystanders, and injuring more than 50 people. This was the last boiler explosion in Germany. Such a mishap had been seen at the time as inconceivable because the technical condition of the boilers was checked thoroughly and it was believed that appropriately trained crews - not least for their own interests - would follow the proper safety procedures.
On a similar journey with experienced staff in spring 1978 an attempt was made to investigate the circumstances of the accident. The DR's investigation report, which was not made public, showed that the regular engine driver was being retrained as an electric locomotive driver and had been replaced by an engine driver who was more actively involved in everything. Because the stoker formed a close-knit team with his regular driver and was not used to this situation, a lack of communication led to a shortage of water on the approach to Bitterfeld station.
The accident had no knock-on effect on the employment of steam locomotives in the GDR.
Preserved locomotives
Five DR Class 01.5 steam locomotives have been preserved:
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- 01 509 – Preßnitztalbahn, oil-fired, operational
- 01 514 – Technik Museum Speyer
- 01 519 – Zollernbahn Railway Friends
- 01 531 – DB Museum; museum loco at Arnstadt locomotive depot.
- 01 533 – ÖGEG/ Austria
Fleet list
Number | Rebuilt from | Rebuild year | Works No. |
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01 501 | 01 174 | 1962 | 103 |
01 502 | 01 157 | 1962 | 104 |
01 503 | 01 142 | 1962 | 105 |
01 504 | 01 224 | 1962 | 106 |
01 505 | 01 121 | 1962 | 107 |
01 506 | 01 127 | 1962 | 108 |
01 507 | 01 136 | 1962 | 109 |
01 508 | 01 153 | 1963 | 110 |
01 509 | 01 143 | 1963 | 111 |
01 510 | 01 139 | 1963 | 112 |
01 511 | 01 218 | 1963 | 113 |
01 512 | 01 175 | 1963 | 114 |
01 513 | 01 152 | 1963 | 115 |
01 514 | 01 208 | 1963 | 116 |
01 515 | 01 160 | 1963 | 117 |
01 516 | 01 117 | 1963 | 118 |
01 517 | 01 107 | 1963 | 119 |
01 518 | 01 185 | 1963 | 120 |
01 519 | 01 186 | 1964 | 122 |
01 520 | 01 162 | 1964 | 123 |
01 521 | 01 144 | 1964 | 124 |
01 522 | 01 184 | 1964 | 125 |
01 523 | 01 191 | 1964 | 126 |
01 524 | 01 129 | 1964 | 127 |
01 525 | 01 219 | 1964 | 128 |
01 526 | 01 163 | 1964 | 129 |
01 527 | 01 225 | 1964 | 130 |
01 528 | 01 119 | 1964 | 131 |
01 529 | 01 205 | 1964 | 132 |
01 530 | 01 221 | 1964 | 133 |
01 531 | 01 158 | 1964 | 134 |
01 532 | 01 135 | 1964 | 135 |
01 533 | 01 116 | 1964 | 137 |
01 534 | 01 203 | 1965 | 138 |
01 535 | 01 156 | 1965 | 139 |
See also
Literature
- Weisbrod, Manfred; Petznick, Wolfgang (1979). Baureihe 01 (in German). Berlin: transpress Verlag.
- Großes Lok-Portrait 01.5 – EK-Themen 19 (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. 1995.
- Lucas, Volker; Schnabel, Heinz (2002). Die Baureihe 01.5. Die legendäre Reko-01 der Deutschen Reichsbahn (in German). Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-113-5.
- Endisch, Dirk (2001). Baureihe 01.5 (in German) (1st ed.). Stuttgart: transpress. ISBN 3-613-71167-2.
- Weisbrod, Manfred; Rittig, Franz (2002). Reko-Lokomotiven – Eisenbahn-Journal Spezial (in German). Fürstenfeldbruck: Verlagsgruppe Bahn. ISBN 3-89610-092-0.
- Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1976). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 01–39 (EFA 1.1) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba Buchverlag. pp. 26–29, 241. ISBN 3-87094-081-6.
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