LB 4
| LB 4 | |
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 Factory photo by Nydqvist och Holm, 1914
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| Numbering: | 4th |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Nydqvist and Holm |
| Year of construction (s): | 1914 |
| Retirement: | 1957 |
| Axis formula : | 1 'Bt |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 7,700 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 4,000 mm |
| Empty mass: | 23.0 t |
| Service mass: | 28.3 t |
| Friction mass: | 18.7 t |
| Top speed: | 45 km / h |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,300 mm |
| Impeller diameter: | 800 mm |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 330 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 500 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | kg / cm² |
| Grate area: | 0.9 m² |
| Radiant heating surface: | 43.4 m² |
| Superheater area : | 20.4 m² |
| Evaporation heating surface: | 63.8 m² |
| Water supply: | 2.8 m³ |
| Fuel supply: | Coal: 0.7 t |
Langelandsbanen (LB), a Danish private railway on Langeland , procured the three LB 1-3 tank locomotives and a steam railcar for operation on the Rudkøbing – Bagenkop and Skrøbelev – Spodsbjerg lines that were opened in 1911 .
After the LB M 1 steam railcar failed to meet expectations, it was converted into a passenger coach in 1914 and another steam locomotive, the LB 4 , was procured for it.
history
On November 4, 1914, Nydqvist och Holm in Trollhättan with the factory number 1051 delivered a two-cylinder superheated steam tender locomotive with a 1 'B wheel arrangement. The locomotive cost 26,500 Danish kroner .
It had frame water tanks, a closed driver's cab, external cylinders with round slides, Heusinger controls, as well as a vacuum brake and handbrake.
The locomotive was mainly used for passenger transport. After the railway company very soon carried out passenger traffic on its route network with railcars, it was shut down in May 1934 and, after an investigation, only started up again on June 3, 1940. In 1952 it received the last general inspection.
In 1954 it was used as a stationary steam boiler in the construction of the silo of Fyns Andels Foderstofforetning (FAF) in Rudkøbing. The construction of the silo was delayed due to problems with the concrete elements and could not be completed before the frost period. The port railway led directly to the place where the silo was built. This made it easy to place the locomotive next to the building and run steam pipes into the construction site so that the cement wasn't exposed to frost before it hardened.
After the shutdown in June 1954, the decommissioning and scrapping took place together with the LB 2 at Ringsted Jernhandel in 1957 . The locomotives were transported on the railway ferry Svendborg – Rudkøbing for scrapping in Ringsted. The proceeds from the sale were used to repay a mortgage to the state.
Web links
- Langelandsbanens Venner. Langelandsbanens Venner, accessed on December 26, 2017 (Danish).
- Erik V. Pedersen: Langelandsbanen. Retrieved December 26, 2017 (Danish).
- A. Gregersen: Langelandsbanen. Nedlagte Baner. In: Signal post. 1965, p. 75 , accessed December 26, 2017 (issue 4).
- Langelandsbanen - LB. Steam locomotive. jernbanen.dk, accessed December 26, 2017 (Danish).