Prussian S 3

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Prussian S 3
DRG Class 13.0
Union Gießerei (93)
  • AG Vulcan Stettin (153)
    • Build date1893–1904
    Total produced1027
    Specifications
    Configuration:
    		​
     • Whyte4-4-0
     • GermanS 24.16
    Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
    Leading dia.1,000 mm (39+3⁄8 in)
    Driver dia.1,980 mm (78 in)
    Length:
    		​
     • Over beams17,561 mm (57 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
    Axle load15.6 t (15.4 long tons; 17.2 short tons)
    Adhesive weight30.9 t (30.4 long tons; 34.1 short tons)
    Service weight50.5 t (49.7 long tons; 55.7 short tons)
    Water cap.15.0 m3 (530 cu ft)
    16.0 m3 (570 cu ft)
    20.0 m3 (710 cu ft)
    21.5 m3 (760 cu ft)
    Boiler pressure12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 psi)
    Heating surface:​
     • Firebox2.32 m2 (25.0 sq ft)
     • Evaporative117.70 m2 (1,266.9 sq ft)
    CylindersTwo, outside
    High-pressure cylinder460 mm (18+1⁄8 in)
    Low-pressure cylinder680 mm (26+3⁄4 in)
    Piston stroke600 mm (23+5⁄8 in)
    Performance figures
    Maximum speed100 km/h (62 mph)
    Career
    NumbersDRG 13 002–028
    Retired1927

    The Prussian Class S 3s were saturated

    steam locomotives developed by Hanomag for the Prussian state railways
    and were built from 1893.

    Design

    They were a further development of the

    turntables with a 16-metre diameter were then being built, the wheelbase could be longer, which gave it better riding qualities. The locomotive had one high-pressure and one low-pressure cylinder, coupled to four driving wheels in a 4-4-0
    configuration.

    They were the first class of locomotives to use superheating, a process in which the steam leaving the boiler is re-heated, resulting in better efficiency.

    Procurement

    The railway procured a total of 1,027 locomotives of this class up to 1904, and they were stabled at almost all

    locomotive depots (Betriebswerk or Bw), making them the most numerous German express train locomotives. In addition, several hundred units were manufactured with smaller driving wheels - dubbed the P4
    class.

    Another 40 examples went to the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine (see Alsace-Lorraine S 3) and six units, with a modified axle base, to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (see Oldenburg S 3).

    Locomotive "S3 Stettin 9" (BMAG 2374/1897) around 1905 in Bw Berlin-Gesundbrunnen

    Reichsbahn Era

    Whilst the

    1923 renumbering plan (as 13 008 - 458), only 27 of them were left in 1925. They were grouped as DRG Class 13.0 with operating numbers 13 002–028. Locomotive 13 001 was not an S 3, but a Prussian S 2 converted into an Erfurt-type compound locomotive
    . The machines were retired by 1927.

    The Oldenburg State Railway locomotives were allocated numbers 13 1801–1806 in 1925, but were retired only a year later.

    After the

    East German Deutsche Reichsbahn until 1955 and were then returned to Poland
    .

    The locomotives were equipped with Prussian 3 T 15, 2'2' T 16, 2'2' T 20 and 2'2' T 21.5

    tenders
    .

    See also

    References

    • Chant, Christopher. The World's Railways.
      ISBN 1-85361-487-4
      .
    • Obermayer, Horst J. Eisenbahn Journal, Typenblätter Band No. 1, Baureihen 01-59, Archiv 1/2002. pp. 37–38.
      ISBN 3-89610-093-9
      .
    • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1976). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 01–39 (EFA 1.1) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba Buchverlag. pp. 75–76.
      ISBN 3-87094-081-6
      .
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