Serbian State 0-10-0 Locomotives in Serbia

Class 21/134/BR 57.801 (Locobase 1724)

Data from Albert H Bone, "Some Recent Designs of Locomotives for Service on Continental Railways", Cassier's Magazine, 1910, pp. 561-609; and "Lokomotivska serijia 134", Skice I Podatci Lokomotiva (Zagreb: JDZ, 1955), p. 56. See also A E Durrant, Locomotives of Eastern Europe (New York: Augustus M Kelley, Publishers, 1966), pp. 147, 150; and O S Nock, Railways in the Years of Pre-eminence 1905-1919, Volume IV of Railways of the World in Color (NY: Macmillan, 1971), Plate 133. Works numbers were 6653-6656 in 1908.

Bone reported that the the design had already been shown to be "good haulers and steady runners" on a line that had a 1.6% ruling grade and a tight, 170-m curve radius. "They will actually traverse curves of 295 feet [90 m] radius if necessary."

One peculiarity of these helper engines was the very long piston rod, adopted, wrote OS Nock, to avoid having too long a connecting rod and still be able to drive on the fourth axle. Nock also found their appearance pleasing, because "it is as uncontinental as one could possibly imagine ...handsomely shaped chimneys, 'clean lines', almost complete absence of 'gadgets' hung on outside" inspired thoughts of the Great Central Railway of Great Britain. Durrant wrote that they were a copy of the 180 class of Karl Golsdorf and describes their appearance as "imitation English."

Three survivors later renumbered by the JDZ as 134.001-003. When the Third Reich invaded Yugoslavia, they placed 001 and 002 in Deutches ReichsBahn BauReihe 57.801.