WRB - Philadelphia
| WRB "PHILADELPHIA" / SStB "PHILADELPHIA" | |
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 SB "Philadelphia"
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| Type : | 2'A n2 |
| Service mass: | 12.1 t |
| Friction mass: | 7.6 t |
| Coupling wheel diameter: | 1264 mm |
| Number of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder diameter: | 268 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 461 mm |
| Boiler overpressure: | 4.9 bar |
| Tubular heating surface: | 35.0 m² |
The steam locomotive PHILADELPHIA was a passenger locomotive of the Vienna – Raaber (Gloggnitzer) Eisenbahn (WRB). It was built in 1837 by the William Norris locomotive works in Philadelphia .
In contrast to the KFNB , which bought its first locomotives in England , Georg Simon Sina von Hodos sent Matthias Schönerer to the United States on behalf of WRB so that he could study the latest developments in locomotive construction. Schönerer took a liking to the simply constructed machines from the William Norris locomotive factory, which with their external cylinders did not require a cranked axle like the English machines from Robert Stephenson . He bought the no longer new "PHILADELPHIA", which was brought by ship to Trieste and by ox cart to Vienna , where it arrived in 1839.
The locomotive was used for study purposes and as a construction locomotive. It was also used in the construction of the Meidlinger cut. In her honor, the bridge that spans this incision is still called the “ Philadelphiabrücke ” today .
Since they were obviously not satisfied with their output (35 HP = 24 kW), in addition to the two larger Norris machines "LAXENBURG" and "BADEN" locomotives were ordered from Robert Stephenson in England .
The "PHILADELPHIA" came to the Southern State Railway (SStB) in 1853 and was retired in 1857.
Sgraffito in Darnautgasse 2 in the immediate vicinity of the Philadelphiabrücke with the inscription:
In 1838
the locomotive
'Philadelphia' was tested here
Mosaic in Wilhelmstrasse 68
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literature
- Herbert Dietrich: The Südbahn and its predecessors. Bohmann, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7002-0871-5 .