KFNB - Prometheus to Andromeda

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KFNB "PROMETHEUS" to "ANDROMEDA"
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Technical specifications
"PROMETHEUS", "DÄDALUS", "BELLEROPHON" "TANTALUS", "ANDROMEDA"
before renovation after reconstruction before renovation
design type 2'B n2
Cylinder Ø 408 mm
Piston stroke 558 mm 553 mm 522 mm
Drive wheel Ø 1264 mm 1291 mm
Impeller Ø at the front 790 mm 830 mm
Rear wheel Ø -
Fixed wheelbase k. A.
Total wheelbase k. A. 3787 mm 3471 mm
Total wheelbase + tender k. A. 3398 mm k. A.
Heating fl. d. Tube 64.2 m² 60.8 m²
Heating fl. d. Fire box 6.7 m² 5.7 m²
Grate k. A.
Vapor pressure 5.4 6.5 5.4
Weight (empty) 20.8 t 18.8 t 21.3 t
Adhesion weight k. A. 17.0 t k. A.
Service weight 22.9 t 20.9 t 23.0 t
Service weight + tender k. A.
water k. A.
coal k. A.
length k. A.
Length + tender k. A.
height k. A.

The steam locomotives PROMETHEUS , DÄDALUS , BELLEROPHON , TANTALUS and ANDROMEDA were passenger locomotives of the Austrian KFNB .

They were 1846 / 1847 by Cockerill in Seraing to the KFNB with the axle formula delivered 2'B. They were different both from each other and when compared to the first shipment from Cockerill. It was in 1853 conversions of boilers performed and wheels, so that the dimensions differed more later.

The machine was 1866 / 1867 retired and partly sold to companies.

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