2-2-0 Steam Locomotives in Germany

Prussian State


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class T0 (Locobase 6340)

Data from Christian Lindecke data from [] (14 November 2004) and Gustav Reder, The World of Steam Locomotives (1974), pl 226. See also Wikipedia's T0 entry at[], last accessed 6 May 2018.

Reder explains that these little "tankengines" were the first von Borries compounds in Germany and practically the first anywhere. August von Borries tested his two-cylinder compound layout in two of the four locomotives produced for "light omnibus trains" (as Reder translates the phrase) that operated between Hanover and Kreiensen and Northeim and Ottbergen.

Reder reproduces a photograph, which shows a trial horse resembling, more than almost any other steam locomotive design, a truck. The leading wheels had almost the same diameter as the driver set. A large cab-and-baggage-shack combination took up half the locomotive's length with the drivers located behind the footplate. A very tall and thin stack sent the exhaust high enough to clear the tall carriages.

Von Borries' principal innovation was an automatic starting valve that let live steam into the LP cylinder until moving the regulator lever slid the 1/2" auxiliary port shut.

Comparing the compound's economy with that of the simple-expansion pair credited the former with a 16% increase in fuel savings. The two baggage vans remained in service until 1897 and 1900.

See Locobase 20241 for the coupe version sans baggage compartment.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassT0
Locobase ID6340
RailroadPrussian State
CountryPrussia
Whyte2-2-0T
Number in Class2
Road Numbers83-84
GaugeStd
Number Built2
BuilderFerdinand Schichau
Year1880
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)13.12 / 4
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)13.12 / 4
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)21,385 / 9700
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)21,385 / 9700
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)40,014 / 18,150
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)36 / 18
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)44.50 / 1130
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)174 / 1200
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)7.87" x 15.75" / 200x400 (1)
Low Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)11.81" x 15.75" / 300x400 (1)
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)2245 / 1018.32
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 9.53
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)27.99 / 2.60
Grate Area (sq ft / m2) 5.81 / 0.54
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)245 / 22.79
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)245 / 22.79
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume552.57
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation1011
Same as above plus superheater percentage1011
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area4870
Power L14975
Power MT512.88

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