North-East Railway D 2/2
In 1861, Escher Wyss delivered two freight locomotives of the later type D 2/2 to the North East Railway. Two years later, Esslingen delivered four more of the same design to the NOB's subsidiary Zurich-Zug-Lucerne Railway. These locomotives had outside frames, outside cylinders and inside Gooch valve gear.
They had two driving axles which carried a total weight of 26 tonnes, was was a high axle loading for that time. Additionally, the Beugniot type tender had to carry six tonnes of the locomotive's weight. Due to the short wheelbase of the two driving axles and the absence of guiding axles on the locomotive itself, they tended to nod at higher speeds, what led to the limitation of the top speed to 40 km/h. Nevertheless, they were powerful and were only withdrawn in 1876 and 1878.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1861, 1863
- Manufacturers
- Escher Wyss, Esslingen
- Wheel arrangement
- 0-4-6T (Engerth)
- Gauge
- 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Length
- 12.77 m
- Wheelbase
- 8.09 m
- Empty mass
- 36.5 t
- Service mass
- 52 t
- Adhesion mass
- 26 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 2.44 m
- Axle load
- 13 t
- Water capacity
- 9,300 l
- Fuel capacity
- 2.5 t (coal)
Boiler
- Grate area
- 1.4 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 106.2 m²
- Total heating surface
- 106.2 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 1,370 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 10 bar
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- two, 431 x 686 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 260 kW (354 PS)
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Starting effort
- 79.1 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 3.23
- Optimal speed
- 21 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 5.0 kW/t
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 2.00
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 15.55
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 75.86