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Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) class 81

58.744 in the Strasshof Railway Museum

In order to be able to operate coal trains weighing up to 1,600 tonnes from the Moravian-Silesian coal fields, a more powerful freight locomotive was needed. Although Gölsdorf had already developed a ten-coupled freig...

Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) class 81Remove
Variant Standard
Built 1920-1923
Manufacturers Wiener Neustadt;Floridsdorf;StEG;Krauss Linz
Wheel arrangement 1E
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 18081 mm
Service mass 81000 kg
Top speed 55 km/h
Power
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General

Property Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) class 81
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Built 1920-1923
Manufacturers Wiener Neustadt, Floridsdorf, StEG, Krauss Linz
Wheel arrangement 2-10-0 (Decapod)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) class 81
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Length 18.08 m
Wheelbase 8.50 m
Total wheelbase 14.88 m
Empty mass 72 t
Service mass 81 t
Adhesion mass 71 t
Total mass 121 t
Rigid wheelbase 4.50 m
Axle load 14.2 t
Water capacity 16,000 l
Fuel capacity 7.5 t (coal)

Boiler

Property Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) class 81
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Grate area 4.46 m²
Firebox surface 15.5 m²
Tube heating surface 193.2 m²
Evaporative heating surface 208.7 m²
Superheater surface 50.2 m²
Total heating surface 258.9 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 1,298 mm
Boiler pressure 15 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 590 x 632 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Indicated power 1,130 kW (1,536 PS)
Top speed 55 km/h
Starting effort 216.1 kN

Calculated values

Property Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) class 81
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.22
Optimal speed 32 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 14.0 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 386.6 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 893.88
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.14
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 17.43
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 58.05
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 12.46
Total/Superheater 1 : 4.16
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