MAG 3-6, 8, 10-11

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MAG 3-6, 8, 10-11
historical recording
historical recording
Numbering: MAG 3-6, 8, 10-11
DEG 10-12
DR 70 6401
Number: 7th
Manufacturer: Humboldt
Year of construction (s): 1902, 1906, 1919
Retirement: until 1967
Type : 1'B n2t
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Length over buffers: 9,450 mm
Total wheelbase: 4,500 mm
Empty mass: 26.2 t
Service mass: 36 t
Friction mass: 24 t
Top speed: 50 km / h
Driving wheel diameter: 1,300 mm
Impeller diameter: 1,050 mm
Control type : Heusinger
Cylinder diameter: 350 mm
Piston stroke: 550 mm
Boiler overpressure: 14 bar
Number of heating pipes: 132
Grate area: 1.285 m²
Evaporation heating surface: 62.68 m²
Water supply: 5.5 m³
Fuel supply: 2 t
Brake: Indirect brake
handbrake

The steam locomotives of the genus MAG 3-6, 8, 10-11 of the Mosel Railway (MAG) were two-cylinder wet steam tank locomotives for light passenger trains. They were manufactured by the Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt between 1902 and 1919 and were intended for passenger traffic on the routes operated by the West German Railway Company (WeEG).

The last locomotive was available until 1967. With their characteristic design of the barrel axle far in front of them and two dome axles reaching below the standing boiler, they resemble the Bavarian Pt 2/3, which are still preserved today in some examples as museum locomotives .

history

The passenger locomotives of the Moselbahn had to have good running characteristics on winding routes, be able to transport trains with a mass of 150 t and have good acceleration values ​​and running characteristics during forward travel. WeEG ordered six B-coupled locomotives with one leading axle from the Humboldt mechanical engineering company. Another identical machine was added in 1919.

The cylinders of the locomotive were arranged almost in the middle of the locomotive behind the running axle, the two drive axles were moved far to the rear, which required a compact power unit with two-rail crosshead , Heusinger control and flat slides . This gave the locomotive a rear-heavy appearance. The locomotives had a copper fire box and a 3.4 m long river iron long boiler. The maximum speed of the locomotives was originally 40 km / h, in 1936 it was increased to 50 km / h for locomotives 3 and 8, among others . The small B-couplers could pull up to six four-axle vehicles and in the early days were the typical Moselle valley locomotives that have been immortalized in numerous homeland films and in advertising.

The decommissioning began in the 1930s, with the majority of the locomotives being out of service from 1950.

A locomotive came to the Oderbruchbahn and later as 70 6401 into the inventory of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . This locomotive was in service in Frankfurt (Oder) until 1964 .

Three locomotives were to be given the designation of the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (DEG). The numbers 10–12 in the DEG numbering scheme were reserved for them. However, only the former MAG 8 built in 1905 under the serial number 266 received a DEG number plate as DEG 11 in 1960 . However, she was no longer in use at the time. In the same year a major repair was due, which resulted in the locomotive being shut down. Before that, only casual work and shunting services were her area of ​​responsibility.

After it was shut down, it was initially intended as a memorial locomotive in Bernkastel . After the location question failed, it should land on a playground. However, the municipal administration had reservations about this plan, so the locomotive was scrapped in 1967.

See also

literature

  • Ludger Kenning, Manfred Simon: The Moselle Railway Trier-Bullay . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 2003, ISBN 3-927587-36-2 , p. 146-147 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ludger Kenning, Manfred Simon: The Mosel Railway Trier-Bullay . Kenning Verlag, Nordhorn 2003, ISBN 3-927587-36-2 , p. 147 .