Prussian G 3

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Prussian G 3 DRG Class 53.70–71
standard gauge
Driver dia.	1,330 mm (52.36 in)
Length:	​
• Over beams	15,176 mm (49 ft 9.5 in)
Axle load	12.66 t (12.46 long tons; 13.96 short tons)
Adhesive weight	38.0 t (37.4 long tons; 41.9 short tons)
Service weight	38.0 t (37.4 long tons; 41.9 short tons)
Boiler pressure	10 bar (1,000 kPa; 150 psi)
Heating surface:	​
• Firebox	1.53 m2 (16.5 sq ft)
• Evaporative	124.8 m2 (1,343 sq ft)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	450 mm (17.72 in)
Piston stroke	630 mm (24.80 in)

Performance figures
Maximum speed	45 km/h (28 mph)

Career
Numbers	DRG 53 7001–7157

In 1905 the Prussian state railways grouped six-coupled, medium-powered, goods train, tank locomotives into its Class G 3. In addition to standard locomotives, there were also 285 G 3s that were not built to German state railway norms, because they had been built, in most cases, before the foundation of the Prussian state railways.

The G 3 standard locomotives were, in their day the standard goods train locomotives with the

of Frankfurt am Main even classified locomotives with outside valve gear as the G 2. In all some 2,068 G3 locomotives were built.

The G 3 differed from the

with the name Tellkoppe.

In 1923 the Deutsche Reichsbahn envisaged as many as 523 locomotives in its renumbering plan, with the numbers 53 7001 - 7522 and 53 8294 (from Saxony). However, by 1925 only locomotives with the numbers 53 7001 - 7157 were included. They were retired by 1930.

In the

as numbers 53 7005 and 7006.

Other railway companies also owned Class G 3 engines:

• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway: 8 units, see the Mecklenburg G 3
• Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine: 37 units as C 21 - C 24, later reclassified as G 3, see the Alsace-Lorraine G 3
• Lübeck-Büchen Railway
  : 2 units, designated the Class G 2

Class G3 locomotives were equipped with a Prussian pr 3 T 10.5 tender.

One Prussian Class G 3, the Cöln 1100, later Saarbrücken 3143 has been preserved for posterity by the

. It had been rebuilt from a Prüfgewicht.

See also

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses
• List of Prussian locomotives and railbuses

References

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