LDE - Dresden to Riesa
| LDE - DRESDEN to RIESA | |
|---|---|
| Number: | 3 |
| Manufacturer: | Hawthorn , Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Year of construction (s): | 1844 ( DRESDEN ) 1846 ( LEIPZIG and RIESA ) |
| Retirement: | 1861 ( DRESDEN ) 1867 ( LEIPZIG and RIESA ) |
| Type : | 1B n2 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length: | 6350 mm |
| Height: | 4115 mm |
| Width: | 2311 mm |
| Coupled axle wheel base: | 1931 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 3277 mm |
| Wheelbase with tender: | 2515 mm |
| Service mass: | 25 t |
| Friction mass: | 17 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 8.5 t |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1524 mm |
| Impeller diameter: | 914 mm |
| Control type : | Hawthorn double slide control ( DRESDEN and LEIPZIG ) Stephenson control ( RIESA ) |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 356 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 559 mm |
| Boiler : | 1041 mm diameter |
| Cup length: | 3200 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 5.0 atm |
| Number of heating pipes: | 114 |
| Heating pipe length: | 3200 mm |
| Grate area: | 0.98 m² |
| Evaporation heating surface: | 65.0 m² |
| Tender: | 3T 3.4 |
| Brake: | Handbrake on the tender |
| Locomotive brake: | no |
The DRESDEN to RIESA were tender locomotives of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Company LDE.
history
The DRESDEN locomotive was delivered to LDE in 1844 from Hawthorn , Newcastle upon Tyne / England with the serial number 375. Two further locomotives, largely identical in construction, followed in 1846 with the serial numbers 446 and 447. They were named LEIPZIG and RIESA . In 1856 the locomotives were equipped with Kirchweger exhaust steam condensation .
The locomotives were retired in 1861 and 1867.
description
Forged bar frame in the shape of a ladder (inner frame), additional outer frame, which accommodated the cylinders inclined by 7 degrees. Overhead crosshead guide, the drive was on the 2nd coupled wheel set, both drive axles with springs below, running axle with springs above, directly behind the smoke chamber. Two feed pumps which were driven by an eccentric from the 1st coupling axle, semicircular standing boiler ceiling, boiler cladding consisted of wooden slats with brass bands, dome in the middle of the long boiler, spring-loaded safety valve on the standing boiler ceiling.
literature
- Fritz Näbrich, Günter Meyer, Reiner Preuß: Lokomotivarchiv Sachsen 1 , transpress VEB Verlag for Transport, Berlin, 1983
- Erich Preuß , Reiner Preuß : Saxon State Railways . transpress Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-344-70700-0 .
- Kutschik, Näbrich, Meyer, Reiner Preuß: Locomotives of Saxon Railways. Volume 1. transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1995, ISBN 3-344-71009-5
- R. v. Helmholtz, W. Staby: The development of the locomotive in the area of the Association of German Railway Administrations 1st volume (1835-1880), Verlag v. R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1930
Individual evidence
- Transport Museum Dresden: Drawings No. 101 107 (front view), 101 108 (side view)
- R. v. Helmholtz, W. Staby: The development of the locomotive in the area of the Association of German Railway Administrations 1st volume (1835–1880): Drawings page 131