2-10-0 Steam Locomotives in Austria

Oesterreichischen Sudbahn


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 580.01/58.901/258.901 (Locobase 21111)

Data from "SB 580" in Wikipedia at [], last accessed 28 January 2023. Works numbers were 3824-3828, 3870-3875 in 1912; 3890-3891, 3934-3938 in 1913; 3997 in 1915, 4355-3457 in 1920, and 4656-4661 in 1922.

kKStB's Karl Golsdorf had produced dozens of 2-10-0s in the 280 (Locobase 10554) and 380 classes (Locobase 10555) as four-cylinder compounds in 1907 and 1909. When the Sudbahn followed suit in 1912, however, they adopted a two-cylinder simple-expansion design that enlarged most dimensions, weights, and areas.

580s hauled trains in the SB's Brenner district. After the first 27 entered service in 1912-1913, the railway ordered four more in 1917 but had to wait until 1920 for delivery. Meanwhile the 1918 armistice that ended combat in November 1918 provided for reparations and the SB delivered ten of the class to Italy as their Gruppo 482; four of these were the 1917 order (works numbers 4201-4203) that was not delivered. Five more went to the newly formed Jugoslav State Railway (JDZ) as their class 07 (later class 145).

After World War I, the remaining 27 locomotives expanded their operating areas to include the Arlbergbahn and the Semmeringbahn.

Locobase 1519 shows the 40 locomotives that Wikipedia describes as identical to these Ste locomotives, but data differences led Locobase to keep the earlier entry separate. After World War II's years as Deutches Reichsbahn locomotives, the survivors returned to Austrian control Between 1956 and 1959, the OBB loaned thirteen to Greece to join their Lambdas.

Age and electrification led to the class's withdrawal beginning in 1953 with the last ending service in 1964.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class580.01/58.901/258.901
Locobase ID21111
RailroadOesterreichischen Sudbahn
CountryAustria
Whyte2-10-0
Number in Class37
Road Numbers580.01-580.037/580 901-580 937/258.901+
GaugeStd
Number Built37
BuilderStEG
Year1912
Valve GearHeusinger
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)27.95 / 8.52
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)178,795 / 81,100
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)4488 / 17
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 7.70 / 7
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)55.50 / 1410
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)203.10 / 1400
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)24.02" x 28.35" / 610x720
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)50,879 / 23078.35
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort)
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)16.08 / 4.90
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)173.30 / 16.10
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)48.12 / 4.47
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2239 / 208
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)628 / 58.30
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)2867 / 266.30
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume150.58
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation9773
Same as above plus superheater percentage11,923
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area42,941
Power L111,065
Power MT

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