Baden IV c
Performance figures | |
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Maximum speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) |
Career | |
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Numbers | 1 ... 393 |
Retired | 1901–1925 |
The steam locomotives of Baden Class IV c were passenger locomotives operated by Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway in the former south German state of Baden.
History
As part of the purchase of 2-4-0 locomotives in the early 1870s, a total of eight batches of Class IV c engines were ordered. These locomotives were used above all on lines with steep inclines in the Black Forest and the Odenwald. As a result, several engines were equipped with a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake.
Design features
Then dimensions of these engines were largely the same as those of the Class IV b. However the double frame was dropped and replaced by a simple plate frame. The engine had a very short wheelbase and as a result good curve-running performance. In addition the carrying axle had a side play of 10 mm. It was returned to its centre position by sloping bearing surfaces (geneigte Doppelflächen). The grate area of the firebox turned out to be very small; as a result its steam generation was not particularly satisfactory. Trials with ribbed tubes did not produce any improvements. The large steam dome sat on the rear boiler section.
The outside wet-steam engine had inside valves and drove the first coupled axle. The wheels were sprung with leaf springs located over the top, that were linked by a compensating lever between the coupled wheels.
The vehicles were equipped with tenders of classes 2 T 8 or 2 T 6.67. Several locomotives were equipped with rearward-facing driver's cabs on tenders. This enabled them to work routes without a turntable.
Sources
- Hermann Lohr, Georg Thielmann: Lokomotiv-Archiv Baden. transpress, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00210-4
See also
- v
- t
- e
- Baden I a (old)
- I b (old)
- II (old)
- III a (old)
- III b (old)
- III c (old)
- IV (old)
- V (old)
- VI (old)
- VII (old)
- VIII (old)
- Baden VII a
- VII b
- VII b
- VII c
- VII d
- VIII a
- VIII b
- VIII c
- VIII e
- G 12
- Baden C
- A1
- A2
- A3
- 133c
- 121a
- 133d