BASF 0-6-0 Locomotives in Germany
Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media
Class VDM 1 / MUNI (Locobase 6464)
Data from [
] (accessed 19 March 2005).
The site, which owns one of the three six-coupled tanks in this batch, explains that this was a standard short-haul design by Hohenzollern. Altogether 69 were produced from 1914, including 6 for the Argentine broad gauge. One of the most powerful of six-coupled tanks on the standard gauge, the design still owned an adequate factor of adhesion as well as a reasonably large boiler and grate.
The locomotive owned by the site was the middle engine in this batch (works #4267-4269) delivered to BASF in Dusseldorf. It operated on BASF property until 1959, when it was sold to a Rhenish brown coal company in Neurath.
Out of service in 1971, the locomotive began a long journey to Switzlerland in 1973. Beginning in 1981, after he purchased the engine, Urs Rueesch restored this locomotive to service over the next 5 years. It operated on tourist lines over the next 16 years until on 27 April 202, Rueesch donated to the VEREIN ZUR ERHALTUNG DER DAMPFLOK MUNI (Association for the Preservation of the MUNI steam locomotive), of which he was president. It remained in operation in 2005.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | VDM 1 / MUNI |
| Locobase ID | 6464 |
| Railroad | BASF |
| Country | Germany |
| Whyte | 0-6-0T |
| Number in Class | 3 |
| Road Numbers | 59-61 |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 3 |
| Builder | Hohenzollern |
| Year | 1922 |
| Valve Gear | Heusinger |
| Locomotive Length and Weight | |
| Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) | 9.84 / 3 |
| Engine Wheelbase (ft / m) | 9.84 / 3 |
| Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase | 1 |
| Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m) | 9.84 / 3 |
| Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg) | |
| Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg) | 99,208 / 45,000 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 99,208 / 45,000 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 99,208 / 45,000 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 1294 / 4.90 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 2.80 / 3 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 55 / 27.50 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 42.50 / 1080 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 188.50 / 1300 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 17.32" x 21.65" / 440x550 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 24,485 / 11106.22 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 4.05 |
| Heating Ability | |
| Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flues (number - dia) (in / mm) | |
| Flue/Tube length (ft / m) | |
| Firebox Area (sq ft / m2) | |
| Grate Area (sq ft / m2) | 16.57 / 1.54 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1074 / 99.80 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1074 / 99.80 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 181.92 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 3123 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 3123 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |