WRB - Schottwien and Thalhof
| WRB - Schottwien and Thalhof SStB - Schottwien and Thalhof / ÖStB - Claj / SB 805 |
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| Number: | 2 |
| Manufacturer: | WRB |
| Year of construction (s): | 1842 |
| Retirement: | 1860, 1861 |
| Type : | 1A1 n2 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Total wheelbase: | 3,358 mm |
| Service mass: | 13.2 t |
| Friction mass: | 9.3 t |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,580 mm |
| Control type : | Meyer |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 329 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 474 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 6.5 atm |
| Heating pipe length: | 2,450 mm |
| Evaporation heating surface: | 51.0 m² |
The WRB - Schottwien and Thalhof were steam locomotives of the Vienna – Raaber (Gloggnitzer) Railway (WRB).
The WRB machine factory, which later became the StEG locomotive factory , was so far advanced in 1842 that John Haswell , the manager of the factory, dared to use cranked axles on these locomotives. Since the 1A1 design allowed higher speeds, he returned to this design with internal drive.
For the first time, Haswell no longer used the hemispherical fire boxes in these locomotives , which had a tendency to leak and which he probably not wrongly blamed for the explosions of several boilers. He also used the expansion control (Meyer system) for the first time. However, his idea of attaching the inner frame to the standing boiler did not prove successful, as this led to damage to the frame due to the lack of mass compensation on the wheels.
Both machines came to the Southern State Railroad in 1853 . The SCHOTTWIEN came together with the two locomotives HÖLLENTHAL and NEUNKIRCHEN as well as the MEIDLING to the Eastern State Railway in 1856 , where it was given the new name CLAJ . From there it came to the CLB when the Galician Carl Ludwig-Bahn (CLB) took over the Eastern State Railway and was retired in 1861. The THALHOF came to the Südbahn , was given the number SB 805 and was retired in 1860.
literature
- Herbert Dietrich: The Südbahn and its predecessors. Bohmann Verlag, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7002-0871-5 .
- Hilscher: The locomotives of the former Austrian state railways in the 40s and 50s of the last century I. In: The locomotive. No. 7, 1922.