BEB Va

BEB Va ČSD series 524.1

number	145
Manufacturer	First Bohemian-Moravian Machine Factory / ČKD , Prague Škoda , Plzeň
numbering	BEB Va 501–506, ČSD 524.101–199, 524.1100–1147
Commissioning:	1918-1941
Retirement:	until 1980
Design type:	1'E 1'h 2t
Cylinder diameter:	570 mm
Piston stroke:	632 mm
Number of cylinders:	2
Driving wheel diameter:	1,308 mm
Impeller diameter:	880 mm
fixed wheelbase:	5,520 mm
Total wheelbase:	10,160 mm
Length over buffers:	13,080 mm
	101-106	107-187	188-1105	1106-1115	1116-1147
Service mass:	88 t	97.8 t		99.7 t	98.7 t
Friction mass:	66.4 t	67.1 t		66 t	71 t
Axle travel mass:	14 t
Top speed:	55 km / h
Boiler pressure:	13 bar
Grate area:	3.9 m²
Number of heating pipes:	173	30th
Length of the pipes:	4,500 mm
Evaporation heating surface:	184.5 m²	154.5 m²		144.5 m²
Tubular heating surface:	169.8 m²	139.8 m²		129.8 m²
Radiant heating surface:	14.7 m²
Superheater area:	38.3 m²	68.8 m²		76.3 m²
Number of smoke tubes:	70
Power:	920 kW
Control:	Heusinger
Water supply:	12.5 m³	13 m³
Coal supply:	4.6 m³
Brake design:	Handbrake air brake Westinghouse / Bozic

The BEB Va was a tank locomotive series of the Buschtěhrad Railway (BEB).

history

BEB was a private railway company at the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, which was taken over by ČSD in 1924 . The BEB ordered six machines of this series, which were to perform pushing service on the Prague - Kladno route , which had gradients of 25 per thousand with many bends of 280 m radius . In addition, they should be used on the route Weipert (Vejprty) - Komotau (Chomutov) (20 per thousand) in passenger traffic. The Bohemian-Moravian Machine Factory designed the machines based on the kkStB 270 series . Both the engine dimensions and the boiler were taken over unchanged from this series. The locomotives were delivered in 1918 and proved their worth.

The ČSD built a superheater into the machines and from 1926 purchased another 156 machines of this type, which they designated as the 524.1 series.

During the Second World War , the Deutsche Reichsbahn classified the former BEB Va as DR 95 251-256 ; the new 524.1 he were designated as DR 95 201–268 .

During their long service with the ČSD, several modifications were made to the locomotives, e.g. For example, many locomotives received the Giesl ejector or Trofimoff slide .

Due to their high performance and low axle pressure, the locomotives were versatile and in use well into the 1970s. The first machines in this series were retired in 1955, and the large wave of retirement began in the 1970s. The last locomotives ran in northern Bohemia and were mainly used for local freight trains and pushing services. The 524.1110 was considered the "star" as it was partially painted green for several years. In 1980, the last machines in the Rumburk depot , the 524.1109, 1110 and 1117, were taken out of service.

Three locomotives have survived in the Czech Republic: the 524.1110 in Česká Lípa , the 524.184 in Chomutov and the 524.159 in the Lužná u Rakovníka Railway Museum . The number 524.1117 is located in Slovakia.

literature

Karl Gölsdorf : Locomotive construction in Old Austria 1837-1918 , Slezak-Verlag, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-900134-40-5
Helmut Griebl: ČSD-Lokomotiven, part 1 and 2 , Slezak-Verlag, Vienna, 1969
Catalog of historical railway vehicles on Slovak territory, Bratislava, 2001

Web links

gallery

524,184 in Křimov station (2000)
524.1110 in the last operating condition at a vehicle exhibition in Decin 2011
Locomotive 524.184 in the Chomutov depot of the NTM (2010)