Data from "3/3 gek. Guterzug-Locomotive fur normal Spurweite-Magdeburg-Halberstadt", (Tegel bei Berlin, 1878), p. 20. Works numbers were 3619-3622 in January 1878, 3642-3646 in August, 3660-3664, 3666-3675 later in 1878, and 3681-3686 in 1879.
This set of six-coupled goods locomotives most likely served as the standard freight hauler on the MHE.
In 1879, nationalization pulled what had been one of the largest private railway companies into the Prussian State Railways. These MHE engines took a Prussian State designation that was assigned to the 1,621 locomotives inherited from a variety of predecessor lines.
| Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media | |
|---|---|
| Class | Oschersleben/G 2 |
| Locobase ID | 21059 |
| Railroad | Magdeburg-Halberstadter |
| Country | Germany |
| Whyte | 0-6-0 |
| Number in Class | 69 |
| Road Numbers | |
| Gauge | Std |
| Number Built | 69 |
| Builder | Borsig |
| Year | 1878 |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
| 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) | 79,366 / 36,000 |
| Engine Weight (lbs / kg) | 79,366 / 36,000 |
| Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg) | 57,695 / 26,170 |
| Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg) | 137,061 / 62,170 |
| Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML) | 2904 / 11 |
| Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT) | 6.60 / 6 |
| Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m) | 44 / 22 |
| Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort | |
| Driver Diameter (in / mm) | 54 / 1372 |
| Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa) | 145 / 1000 |
| High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm) | 16.97" x 24.02" / 430x610 |
| Tractive Effort (lbs / kg) | 15,788 / 7161.32 |
| Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) | 5.03 |
| 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) | 16.15 / 1.50 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1197 / 111.22 |
| Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2) | |
| Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2) | 1197 / 111.22 |
| Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume | 190.36 |
| Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information) | |
| Robert LeMassena's Power Computation | 2342 |
| Same as above plus superheater percentage | 2342 |
| Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area | |
| Power L1 | |
| Power MT | |