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Prussian T 6

At the beginning of the century the Berlin city, ring and suburban railways had a need to replace the four-coupled locomotives with more powerful ones. The requirements here included to accelerate a 240-ton passenger ...

Prussian T 6Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1902
Manufacturers BMAG
Wheel arrangement 1C1 t
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 13400 mm
Service mass 78120 kg
Top speed 75 km/h
Power
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General

Property Prussian T 6
Standard
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Built 1902
Manufacturers BMAG
Wheel arrangement 2-6-2T (Prairie)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Prussian T 6
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Length 13.40 m
Wheelbase 9.00 m
Empty mass 62 t
Service mass 78.1 t
Adhesion mass 50.5 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.80 m
Axle load 17 t
Water capacity 6,700 l
Fuel capacity 2.5 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Prussian T 6
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Grate area 2.3 m²
Firebox surface 11.891 m²
Tube heating surface 142.501 m²
Evaporative heating surface 154.392 m²
Total heating surface 154.4 m²

Power plant

Property Prussian T 6
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Driver diameter 1,500 mm
Boiler pressure 14 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders three, 500 x 630 mm

Power

Property Prussian T 6
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Power source steam
Estimated power 550 kW (748 PS)
Top speed 75 km/h
Starting effort 187.4 kN

Calculated values

Property Prussian T 6
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 2.64
Optimal speed 18 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 7.0 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 213.8 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,735.36
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.55
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 25.35
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 67.13
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 11.98
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