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Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52

Decorated locomotive for Walpurgis Night 1932 on the way to the Brocken

The Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn, better known for the Brocken Railway in the Harz mountains, got two Mallets from Borsig in 1922 and 1924. They had a 2-4-4-2 wheel arrangement and were fairly heavy for meter gau...

Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1922, 1924
Manufacturers Borsig
Wheel arrangement (1B)B1 t ma
Gauge 1000 mm
Length 10350 mm
Service mass 53000 kg
Top speed 30 km/h
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General

Property Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52
Standard
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Built 1922, 1924
Manufacturers Borsig
Wheel arrangement 2-4-4-2T (Skookum (Mallet))
Gauge 1,000 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52
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Length 10.35 m
Wheelbase 7.80 m
Empty mass 43.5 t
Service mass 53 t
Adhesion mass 39 t
Rigid wheelbase 1.30 m
Axle load 9.8 t
Water capacity 6,000 l
Fuel capacity 2.5 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52
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Grate area 1.99 m²
Evaporative heating surface 85.89 m²
Superheater surface 22 m²
Total heating surface 107.9 m²

Power plant

Property Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52
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Driver diameter 850 mm
Boiler pressure 14 bar
Expansion type compound
Cylinders four, HP: 360 x 400 mm and LP: 560 x 400 mm

Power

Property Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52
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Power source steam
Indicated power 480 kW (653 PS)
Top speed 30 km/h
Starting effort 102.7 kN
Starting effort simple 123.2 kN

Calculated values

Property Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway No. 51 and 52
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.73
Optimal speed 29 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 9.1 kW/t
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.36
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 19.88
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 54.22
Total/Superheater 1 : 3.90
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