MEG - Niclot
| NICLOT | |
|---|---|
| Numbering: | No. 54 No. 301 (from 1895) |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Borsig , Berlin |
| Year of construction (s): | 1859 |
| Retirement: | 1903 |
| Type : | 1B n2 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Empty mass: | 25.30 t |
| Service mass: | 27.45 t |
| Friction mass: | 21.00 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 10.50 t |
| Coupling wheel diameter: | 1370 mm |
| Impeller diameter: | 1015 mm |
| Control type : | Stephenson |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 381 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 559 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 6.58 bar |
| Number of heating pipes: | 143 |
| Heating pipe length: | 4202 mm |
| Grate area: | 0.99 m² |
| Radiant heating surface: | 5.02 m² |
| Tubular heating surface: | 77.36 m² |
| Evaporation heating surface: | 82.38 m² |
The locomotive NICLOT the Mecklenburg Railway Company , named after the Slavic prince Niklot was a steam locomotive of type 1B. A locomotive of the same name was already used on the Berlin-Hamburg railway in the 1840s .
history
After operations on the Schwerin – Rostock line began , it soon became clear that the increased freight volume could no longer be handled with the existing locomotives. The transport of the separate freight train on this route could be ensured with type II locomotives . However, since these locomotives were designed for the speeds of passenger traffic, Borsig ordered an identical locomotive in 1859, but with the drive wheels reduced to 1370 mm. The locomotive was used on the Hagenow – Rostock route until the end of the 1860s and was then replaced by the class VIII locomotives, among other things . After that, the machine was still in shunting service and subordinate route service until 1903. When it was nationalized as the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway in 1890, the locomotive was given the number 54, and five years later it was renumbered to 301.
Constructive features
The locomotive had an internal fork frame. The three-section long boiler had a steam dome on the middle section of the boiler. The standing kettle had a raised fiery canopy and a safety valve.
The two-cylinder wet steam engine was external. The cylinders were arranged horizontally and the coupling rods worked on the first axis. Like the Stephenson controls, the valve boxes were on the inside.
The coupling axles were suspended on the frame by means of leaf springs below . Balance levers between the springs were used to balance the weight . The front wheels were cushioned by overhead leaf springs on the frame.
The screw brake was on the tender. The locomotive had a driver's cab with side windows.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Kirsche, Hermann Lohr, Georg Thielmann: Lokomotiv-Archiv Mecklenburg / Oldenburg . transpress, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-344-00326-7 .