DB Class 82

The DB Class 82 was a goods train tank locomotive with the Deutsche Bundesbahn in Germany, that was built in the period after the Second World War and was intended for shunting and normal rail services. They were to replace the ten-coupled state railway (Länderbahn) engines and also the accident-prone Class 87 DRG Einheitslok (standard locomotive).

DB Class 82
DB Class 82 in Bochum-Dahlhausen
Number(s)	DB 82 001 – 82 041
Quantity	41
Manufacturer	Krupp (22) Henschel & Sohn (10) Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (9)
Year(s) of manufacture	1950–1955
Retired	1972
Wheel arrangement	0-10-0T
Axle arrangement	E h2t
Type	Gt 55.18
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Length over buffers	14,080 mm (46 ft 2 ^3⁄8 in)
Empty weight	69.7 tonnes (68.6 long tons; 76.8 short tons)
Service weight	91.8 tonnes (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons)
Adhesive weight	91.8 tonnes (90.4 long tons; 101.2 short tons)
Axle load	18.4 tonnes (18.1 long tons; 20.3 short tons)
Top speed	70 km/h (43 mph)
Indicated Power	949 kW (1,290 PS; 1,273 hp)
Driving wheel diameter	1,400 mm (4 ft 7 ^1⁄8 in)
Valve gear	Heusinger
No. of cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder bore	600 mm (23 ^5⁄8 in)
Piston stroke	660 mm (26 in)
Boiler Overpressure	14 bar (1.40 MPa; 203 psi)
No. of heating tubes	115
No. of smoke tubes	38
Heating tube length	4,000 mm (13 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Grate area	2.39 m^2 (25.7 sq ft)
Radiative heating area	12.60 m^2 (135.6 sq ft)
Superheater area	51.90 m^2 (558.6 sq ft)
Evaporative heating area	122.21 m^2 (1,315.5 sq ft)
Water capacity	11 m^3 (390 cu ft) or 11,000 litres (2,400 imp gal; 2,900 US gal)
Fuel	Coal: 4 tonnes (3.9 long tons; 4.4 short tons)
Auxiliary brake	82 038 – 82 041 fitted with counterpressure brake

It was the first of the DB's so-called Neubaudampflokomotiven or newly designed steam locomotives, and was built by the firms of Krupp and Henschel in 1950 and 1951 and also by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen in 1955. Although they were ten-couplers, the 41 engines were also suitable for lines with tight curves such as the Hamburg Harbour railway. To improve curve running the first and last axles were fitted with Beugniot levers. The last two examples were also equipped with Riggenbach counterpressure brakes, which enabled their operation on steep lines. The locomotives were able to haul 800 tonne trains at up to 70 km/h.

Deployment

The engines were predominantly employed in the marshalling yards at Bremen and Hamm as well as on the harbour lines of Emden and Hamburg. The 82s could also be seen on normal railway duties on the steep inclines of the Westerwald and in the Black Forest on the Murg Valley Railway.

Retirement began as early as 1966, the final locomotive depot being Bw Koblenz-Mosel, where the last one was mustered out in 1972 .

Preserved

Locomotive 82 008, the last existing example of its class, has been looked after in Bw Neumünster since early 2003 by the Rendsburger Eisenbahnfreunden.

See also

• List of DB locomotives and railbuses

External links

• Class 82 (German)
• Rendsburger Eisenbahnfreunde site
• Photograph and technical data