VRB H 2/3
| H 2/3 | |
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| Numbering: | 15-17 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Manufacturer: | SLM |
| Year of construction (s): | 1913 (No. 15) 1923 (No. 16) 1925 (No. 17) |
| Retirement: | 1941 (No. 15) |
| Axis formula : | 2zz1 ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over buffers: | 7,050 mm |
| Service mass: | 24.3 t |
| Top speed: | 9 km / h |
| Hourly output : | 340 kW |
| Cylinder diameter: | 340 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 450 mm |
The H 2/3 are cogwheel steam locomotives of the Rigi-Bahnen (RB). Due to the increase in traffic demand, they were procured from the then Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) from 1913 to 1925 .
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Because larger fluctuations in the water level in the boiler were a major problem, the VRB standing boilers were procured in the initial phase. But because normal lying boilers are easier to clean, the new locomotives got them. However, due to the problems with the water fluctuations, the boiler and the structure were built at an angle so that it lies horizontally on slopes.
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After the Second World War, they were often used for scheduled service operations when the electric railcars could not handle the traffic. After an overhaul between 1969 and 1971, the two remaining locomotives are regularly on the move with nostalgic trains on weekends between July and September.
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- Hans-Bernhard-Schönborn: Swiss locomotives . GeraMond, 2004, ISBN 3-7654-7176-3 , pp. 108-109 .
