DRG Class 80

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DRG Class 80
80 013 in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg
Type and origin Builder Hohenzollern (001–005, 018–022, 028–039) Union (006–012) (013–017) Jung (023–027) Build date 1927–1928 Total produced 39
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0T  • German Gt 33.17 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+1⁄4 in) Wheelbase:  • Overall 3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 9,670 mm (31 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Height 4,165 mm (13 ft 8 in) Axle load 18.1 tonnes (17.8 long tons; 20.0 short tons) Adhesive weight 54.4 tonnes (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons) Empty weight 44.3 tonnes (43.6 long tons; 48.8 short tons) Service weight 54.4 tonnes (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons) Fuel capacity Coal: 2 tonnes (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons) Water cap. 5 m3 (180 cu ft) or 5,000 litres (1,100 imp gal; 1,300 US gal) Boiler: ​ No. of heating tubes 114 No. of smoke tubes 32 Heating tube length 2,500 m (8,202 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Boiler pressure 14 bar (1.40 MPa; 203 psi) Heating surface:  • Tubes Tubes: 35.37 m2 (380.7 sq ft) Flues: 27.65 m2 (297.6 sq ft)  • Firebox 1.54 m2 (16.6 sq ft)  • Radiative 6.6 m2 (71 sq ft)  • Evaporative 69.62 m2 (749.4 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 25.50 m2 (274.5 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 450 mm (17+11⁄16 in) Piston stroke 550 mm (21+5⁄8 in) Loco brake Direct-release Knorr compressed-air brakes Auxiliary brake yes Parking brake K-GP mZ counterweight handbrake
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph) Indicated power 423 kW (575 PS; 567 hp)
Career Numbers 80 001–039 Retired 1977

The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitsloks) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were intended to replace the aging, rickety state railway line engines performing shunting duties in their dotage at large stations.

History[]

Between 1927 and 1928 39 vehicles were produced, having been built in the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in Königsberg, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple locomotive class, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down.

After they had been on duty, prior to the Second World War, primarily in the area of Leipzig (including the shunting of post vans) and Cologne, 22 units went into the DR in East Germany, post-1945, and 17 to the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They were in service with the DR until 1968.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the last Bundesbahn engine was taken out of service in 1965. Several examples survived in the Ruhrgebiet until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the Ruhrkohle AG.

Preserved Locomotives[]

80 039 with its Hamm Museum Railway train near Uentrop

A total of seven locomotives of this class have been preserved:

• 80 009 belongs to a private owner, Peter Haschke, and stands in his garden.
• 80 013 (Hagans factory no. 1227, 1927) is non-operational at the German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg.^[1]
• 80 014 has been cosmetically restored and is in the South German Railway Museum, Heilbronn (Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn).
• 80 023 has belonged to the Dresden Transport Museum since 1981. It is maintained by IG Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt in the Dresden-Altstadt shed.
• 80 030, in photo-livery is in the Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum.
• 80 036 of the Dutch Steam Locomotive Union Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij is currently undergoing a major overhaul and will be back in service for heritage trips.
• 80 039 is working and is used by the for specials.

See also[]

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses

References[]

• Hütter, Ingo (2021). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 60 bis 91 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 250–254. ISBN 978-3-946594-21-5.
• Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 98–100. ISBN 3-87094-083-2.

External links[]

• Einheits-Güterzugtenderlokomotive 80 014 Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn

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