Konigliche Militaireisenbahn 0-6-0 Locomotives in Germany


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class 101 (Locobase 21063)

Data from "3/3 gek. Guterzug-Locomotive fur normal Spurweite-Konigliche Militareisenbahn und Pruessis Staatsbahnen", (Tegel bei Berlin, 1878), p. 23. Works numbers were 4467 in November 1894, 4468-4469 in December.

The Kaiserliche und Königliche Eisenbahn-Bau Kompanie unit (German Imperial Railway Construction Company) used engines like this to support reconstruction of damaged right of way. It operated in the East during World War I.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
Class101
Locobase ID21063
RailroadKonigliche Militaireisenbahn
CountryGermany
Whyte0-6-0
Number in Class3
Road Numbers101-103/3101-3103, 53 7481-53 7482
GaugeStd
Number Built3
BuilderBorsig
Year1894
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m)
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)
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)86,201 / 39,100
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)86,201 / 39,100
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)70,768 / 32,100
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)156,969 / 71,200
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)3168 / 12
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) 5.50 / 5
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)48 / 24
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)52.80 / 1340
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)145 / 1000
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.72" x 24.8" / 450x630
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)18,177 / 8244.96
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.74
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)16.47 / 1.53
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1343 / 124.79
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1343 / 124.79
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume189.72
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation2388
Same as above plus superheater percentage2388
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area
Power L1
Power MT

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