Palatine T 5

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Palatine T 5 DRG Class 94.0
Type and origin Builder Krauss Build date 1907 Total produced 4
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-10-0T  • German Gt 55.14 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,180 mm (3 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 12,020 mm (39 ft 5+1⁄4 in) Axle load 14.4 t (14.2 long tons; 15.9 short tons) Adhesive weight 72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons) Empty weight 56.8 t (55.9 long tons; 62.6 short tons) Service weight 72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons) Boiler: ​ No. of heating tubes 253 Heating tube length 4,350 mm (14 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Boiler pressure 13 kgf/cm2 (1.27 MPa; 185 lbf/in2) Heating surface:  • Tubes 157.5 m2 (1,695 sq ft)  • Firebox 2.73 m2 (29.4 sq ft)  • Radiative 11.5 m2 (124 sq ft)  • Evaporative 169.00 m2 (1,819.1 sq ft) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 560 mm (22+1⁄16 in) Piston stroke 560 mm (22+1⁄16 in) Loco brake Schleicher compressed-air brake, 2nd and 3rd coupled axle braked both sides
Performance figures Maximum speed 40 km/h (25 mph)
Career Numbers Pfalz: 306–309 DRG 94 001–004 Retired 1926

Class T 5 of the Palatinate Railway was a German, goods train, tank locomotive class with five coupled axles and no carrying axles.

In 1925 they were absorbed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 94.0 into their renumbering plan.

These engines were bought specifically for the inclines between Pirmasens and Biebermühle. They could reach a speed of 40 km/h on the level with a 1,510 tonne train load, and 30 km/h on an incline of 2%. Overall, however, they were unable to match the power of locomotives from Prussia or Saxony and were retired by 1926.

The locomotive which was formerly no. 307 in the Palatinate Railway (DRG No. 94 002) was disposed of to the Eschweiler Mining Union and employed at the Baesweiler coal mine, where it was given the name of Carl Alexander and the number 3; it remained in service there until 1974. Today it is displayed at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

See also[]

• Royal Bavarian State Railways
• Palatinate Railway
• List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses
• List of Palatine locomotives and railbuses

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