KkStB Class 270

The steam locomotive class kkStB 270 was a tender-class with the Imperial Austrian State Railways (k.k. österreichische Staatsbahnen), kkStB. These locomotives were in services in Austria, Hungary and Albania.

SB Class 229 / HSH class 56
CFR 140 class at Cluj, August 1972
Quantity	kkStB: 7
Manufacturer	Floridsdorf, Böhmisch-Mährische Maschinenfabrik
Year(s) of manufacture	1917-1930
Retired	ÖBB: 1968 ČSD: 1976
Axle arrangement	1'D h2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Length	17.443 mm
Height	4.589 mm
Wheelbase	2,800 mm
Overall wheelbase	6,800 mm
Empty weight	61.2 t
Service weight	68.0 t
Adhesive weight	57.3 t
Top speed	60 km/h

Albania

Hekurudha Shqiptare, the railway operator of Albania, received some locomotives of this class in 1948. These were the first locomotives for the new railways of the country. The locomotives were renumbered in the 56 class and were former war trophies of Russia. Before that, the locomotives were in use by MÁV, Deutsche Reichsbahn, BBÖ and ÖStB. Locomotive 56 3408, the former 270.110 was still stored near Shkozet in 1998.[1]

Literature

• Heribert Schröpfer, Triebfahrzeuge österreichischer Eisenbahnen - Dampflokomotiven BBÖ und ÖBB, alba, Düsseldorf, 1989, ISBN 3-87094-110-3
• Dieter Zoubek, Erhaltene Dampflokomotiven in und aus Österreich, Eigenverlag, 2004, ISBN 3-200-00174-7

1. Austrian Steam Base

See also

• Deutsche Reichsbahn
• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses