Dutch Rhenish 0-6-0 Locomotives in Netherlands

Class Class 6 (Locobase 20776)

Data from L Derens"The Dutch Rhenish Railway and Its Locomotives"," The Locomotive Magazine, Volume XXVI [26] (15 April 1920), p. 87.

This goods locomotive was the first such engine to be operated on the Rhenish. It originally served a construction contractor. Like most six-coupled goods at the time, the Class 6 led the firebox with all three axles.

Class Class 7 (Locobase 20777)

Data from L Derens"The Dutch Rhenish Railway and Its Locomotives"," The Locomotive Magazine, Volume XXVI [26] (15 May 1920), p. 107-108

Derens's report apparently gives the fire side area 948 sq ft (88.07 sq m) for the 188 2" tubes, each of which measured 10 ft 9 3/4 in; with the firebox area, the total was calculated as 1,042 sq ft (96.81 sq m). Locobase calculates the areas from the water side.

No matter how their areas were measured, these engines represented a substantial increase in boiler size. Together with a larger grate in a bigger firebox, the resulting heat engine most likely served its larger cylinders quite well.

50 later received a Belpaire boiler pressed to 150 psi (10.34 bar).

56-57 were similar, but had 17 1/2" (445 mm) cylinders, slightly larger heating surface area of 1,061 sq ft (98.57 sq m) -- most likely measured from the fire side diameter. Class 10 locomotives (59-64) had the same dimensions, but were delivered with 150 psi boilers. It's not clear from Derens's account when, but 50-57, 59-62 were fitted with a square-sectioned, variable exhaust pipe with hinged flaps on each side of the pipe. The flaps were later removed.

They weighed 75,936 lb (34,444 kg) and trailed a tender weighing 53,984 lb ( kg) loaded with 1,867 US gallons of water and 5.5 short tons of coal.