Coln- Minden 2-4-0 Locomotives in Germany

Class Flieger (Locobase 629)

Data from "The Borsig Locomotive Works, Berlin", The Locomotive Magazine, Volume VI [6] (February 1901), p. 45; and "2/4 gek. Schnellnzug-lokomotive fur normale Spurweite", Locomotiven, A Borsig (Tegel bei Berlin, 1898), archived on Historical Railway Images, Flickr, at [], p. 7. Borsig works numbers were 2685-2688, 2697-2700, 2715-2718 in 1871; 2861, 2863-2872 in 1872. Hartmann works numbers were 680-697 in 1873.

The Fliegers (Flyers) of the Cologne and Minden had generously proportioned dimensions for its wheel arrangement in Germany at the time - quite a bit bigger than any of the other classes of which Locobase is aware. Appearance presented a utilitarian look with a long thin boiler backed by a tall, flat-faced rounded firebox topped by a small dome. On the other hand, the 40-mm outside diameter for the fire tubes is quite small.

They were long-striding engines with deep grates and long boiler tubes, which forced the single leading axle well forward. The dome was directly over the firebox. A straight belt line carried high fully exposed the main rod and axle crank; the forward splasher was almost fully open.

In service they pulled 7-10 passenger coaches on the Berlin-Cologne express. A modified version with a shorter wheelbase and angled grate was used as the Prussian State's standard locomotive design; see P3, S1 entries.

At a later time, the C-M was taken into the Essen section of the Prussian State Railways, at which point the locomotives were renumbered 55-92.