2-4-4 Steam Locomotives in Germany

Pfalzbahn


Class Details by Steve Llanso of Sweat House Media

Class D XIIe / BR 73.0 (Locobase 21203)

Data from "Baureihe 73.0" on Albert Gieseler's Dampmaschinen und Lokomotiven website at [], last accessed 12 September 2024. Krauss Munich works numbers were 4350, 4370-4372 in 1900, 4606-4620 in 1901. Maffei works numbers were 2256-2263 in 1902, 2288-2289 in 1903.

As Kruass's D XII design proved itself in the Munich suburbs (Locobase 5931), the Pfalzbahn procured 31 more from 1900 to 1903 and the Elass-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) railway bought 37 from 1903-1912 (see Locobase 15589).

In 1907, another nine locomotives for the Pfalzbahn - now designated Pt 2/5 N -- that put another 1.3 metric tons on the drivers were built to the same dimensions.

NB: German sources give the tube diameter as 45 mm, as shown in Locobase's specs, but also calculate the tube heating surface as 104.64 sq m (1,126 sq ft). The latter figure equates to an inside (fire side) tube diamter of 40 mm (1.57").

The Pt 2/5 N class also came over as DRG 73 131-173 139 as well as DRG 73 201-202. Like the earlier engines, they left service in 1931-1935.

Principal Dimensions by Steve Llanso of Middle Run Media
ClassD XIIe / BR 73.0
Locobase ID21203
RailroadPfalzbahn (Palatinate)
CountryGermany
Whyte2-4-4T
Number in Class63
Road Numbers88-95, 260-282, 284 / 73 001-73.028
GaugeStd
Number Built63
Builderseveral
Year1900
Valve GearStephenson
Locomotive Length and Weight
Driver Wheelbase (ft / m) 6.73 / 2.05
Engine Wheelbase (ft / m)28.87 / 8.80
Ratio of driving wheelbase to overall engine wheelbase 0.23
Overall Wheelbase (engine & tender) (ft / m)28.87 / 8.80
Axle Loading (Maximum Weight per Axle) (lbs / kg)32,187 / 14,600
Weight on Drivers (lbs / kg)65,257 / 29,600
Engine Weight (lbs / kg)149,473 / 67,800
Tender Loaded Weight (lbs / kg)
Total Engine and Tender Weight (lbs / kg)
Tender Water Capacity (gals / ML)2402 / 9.10
Tender Fuel Capacity (oil/coal) (gals/tons / Liters/MT)
Minimum weight of rail (calculated) (lb/yd / kg/m)54 / 27
Geometry Relating to Tractive Effort
Driver Diameter (in / mm)64.60 / 1641
Boiler Pressure (psi / kPa)174 / 1200
High Pressure Cylinders (dia x stroke) (in / mm)17.72" x 22.05" / 450x560
Tractive Effort (lbs / kg)15,852 / 7190.35
Factor of Adhesion (Weight on Drivers/Tractive Effort) 4.12
Heating Ability
Tubes (number - dia) (in / mm)200 - 1.772" / 45
Flues (number - dia) (in / mm)
Flue/Tube length (ft / m)12.57 / 3.83
Firebox Area (sq ft / m2)92.89 / 8.63
Grate Area (sq ft / m2)21.10 / 1.96
Evaporative Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1271 / 118.08
Superheating Surface (sq ft / m2)
Combined Heating Surface (sq ft / m2)1271 / 118.08
Evaporative Heating Surface/Cylinder Volume201.95
Computations Relating to Power Output (More Information)
Robert LeMassena's Power Computation3671
Same as above plus superheater percentage3671
Same as above but substitute firebox area for grate area16,163
Power L15166
Power MT349.05

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