PKP series Pm36
| PKP series Pm36 DR series 18 6 |
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| Numbering: | PKP: Pm36-1, Pm36-2 DR: 18 601, 18 602 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Manufacturer: | Fablok , Chrzanów |
| Year of construction (s): | 1937 |
| Retirement: | 1965 |
| Axis formula : | 2'C1 'h2 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 24,843 mm |
| Height: | 4130 mm |
| Fixed wheelbase: | 4,300 mm |
| Empty mass: | 85.8 t |
| Service mass: | 94 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 17.4 t |
| Top speed: | 140 km / h |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 2000 mm |
| Impeller diameter front: | 950 mm |
| Rear wheel diameter: | 1150 mm |
| Control type : | Heusinger |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 530 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 700 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 18 bar |
| Number of heating pipes: | 113 |
| Grate area: | 3.85 m² |
| Radiant heating surface: | 15.00 m² |
| Tubular heating surface: | 110 m² |
| Superheater area : | 71.8 m² |
| Evaporation heating surface: | 123 m² |
| Water supply: | 32 m² |
| Fuel supply: | 9 tons of coal |
| Brake: | Westinghouse compressed air brake |
| Train control : | Indusi |
The Pm36 series consisted of two Pacific express steam locomotives operated by the Polish State Railways PKP. Because of their elegant exterior, the locomotives are also known as Piękna Helena ( Beautiful Helena ).
history
The Pm36 series was built in two copies at Fablok in Chrzanów in 1937 . The streamlined Pm36-1 was exhibited at the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris , where it was awarded a gold medal. It reached 150 km / h on rails in Germany. The planned series production of the locomotives was no longer possible because of the Second World War .
First of all, the streamlining of the Pm36-1 was removed in 1939, the locomotive was added to the inventory of the Deutsche Reichsbahn and used in Berlin-Grunewald. It was given the road number 18 601. The second, uncovered locomotive was initially captured by the Soviets. After the beginning of the Russian campaign, it also came into German possession and was given the company number 18 602. The 18 601 (Pm36-1) was in Berlin at the end of the war in 1945 , but was no longer used after that and was finally scrapped in October 1952. After the German conquest, Austrian exile and transport arranged by the Soviets, the Pm36-2 was again used by the PKP in front of express trains from 1947 (as Pm36-1). In 1965 the locomotive was decommissioned as a loner and entered the inventory of the Warsaw Railway Museum . Now it is available as an operational open-air exhibit for special trains from railroad fans.
In 1995 the machine was refurbished as a museum locomotive by ZNTK Piła and re-designated as Pm36-2. The locomotive is currently used by the Wolsztyn steam locomotive depot in front of scheduled regional trains.
photos
Tender of the Pm36-2
Pm36-1 at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris
Driver's cab
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knipping, Hütter, Wenzel: Locomotives "Heim ins Reich" , EK-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-88255-131-0 , p. 333.