Mecklenburg P 3.1

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Mecklenburg VI
Mecklenburg P 3.1
DRG Class 34.73
Linke-Hofmann Werke
Build date1888–1907
Total produced41
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-4-0
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Leading dia.1,150 mm (3 ft 9+14 in)
Driver dia.1,750 mm (5 ft 9 in)
Length:
 • Over beams14,793 mm (48 ft 6+12 in)
Axle load12.35 tonnes (12.15 long tons; 13.61 short tons)
Adhesive weight24.70 tonnes (24.31 long tons; 27.23 short tons)
Service weight36.52 tonnes (35.94 long tons; 40.26 short tons)
Boiler pressure12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 lbf/in2)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox1.87 m2 (20.1 sq ft)
 • Evaporative96.43 m2 (1,038.0 sq ft)
Cylinder size400 mm (15+34 in)
Piston stroke560 mm (22+116 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Career
Numbers
  • MFFE: 101–141
  • DRG: 34 7301 – 34 7308, 34 7351 – 34 7364

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Twenty two of these locomotives were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, where they were given the running numbers 34 7301–34 7308 and 34 7351–34 7364. These engines were exclusively vehicles from the Friedrich-Franz Railway.

The engines were equipped with Prussian tenders of Class pr 3 T 10.5.

Liesel 22-10-2010 pr. P 3.1 2No. 246

See also

References

  • Pierson, Kurt (1981). Die Preußischen Dampflokomotiven 1850–1922 (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. ]
  • Wagner; Bäzold; Zschech; Lüderitz (1990). Lokomotiven preußischer Eisenbahnen - Schnellzug und Personenzuglokomotiven. Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.3.1 (in German). Berlin: transpress. ]
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1976). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 01–39 (EFA 1.1) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba Buchverlag. pp. 191–192. .