DRG Class 80

The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitsloks) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were intended to replace the aging, rickety state railway line engines performing shunting duties in their dotage at large stations.

DRG Class 80
80 013 in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg
Number(s)	80 001–039
Quantity	39
Manufacturer	Hohenzollern (001–005, 018–022, 028–039) Union (006–012) Wolf (013–017) Jung (023–027)
Year(s) of manufacture	1927–1928
Retired	1977
Wheel arrangement	0-6-0T
Axle arrangement	C h2t
Type	Gt 33.17
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Length over buffers	9,670 mm (31 ft 8 ^3⁄4 in)
Height	4,165 mm (13 ft 8 in)
Overall wheelbase	3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in)
Empty weight	44.3 tonnes (43.6 long tons; 48.8 short tons)
Service weight	54.4 tonnes (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons)
Adhesive weight	54.4 tonnes (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons)
Axle load	18.1 tonnes (17.8 long tons; 20.0 short tons)
Top speed	45 km/h (28 mph)
Indicated Power	423 kW (575 PS; 567 hp)
Driving wheel diameter	1,100 mm (3 ft 7 ^1⁄4 in)
No. of cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder bore	450 mm (17 ^11⁄16 in)
Piston stroke	550 mm (21 ^5⁄8 in)
Boiler Overpressure	14 bar (1.40 MPa; 203 psi)
No. of heating tubes	114
No. of smoke tubes	32
Heating tube length	2,500 m (8,202 ft 1 ^1⁄4 in)
Grate area	1.54 m^2 (16.6 sq ft)
Radiative heating area	6.6 m^2 (71 sq ft)
Tube heating area	Tubes: 35.37 m^2 (380.7 sq ft) Flues: 27.65 m^2 (297.6 sq ft)
Superheater area	25.50 m^2 (274.5 sq ft)
Evaporative heating area	69.62 m^2 (749.4 sq ft)
Water capacity	5 m^3 (180 cu ft) or 5,000 litres (1,100 imp gal; 1,300 US gal)
Fuel	Coal: 2 tonnes (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons)
Brakes	Direct-release Knorr compressed-air brakes
Auxiliary brake	yes
Parking brake	K-GP mZ counterweight handbrake

History

Between 1927 and 1928 39 vehicles were produced, having been built in the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in Königsberg, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple locomotive class, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down.

After they had been on duty, prior to the Second World War, primarily in the area of Leipzig (including the shunting of post vans) and Cologne, 22 units went into the DR in East Germany, post-1945, and 17 to the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They were in service with the DR until 1968.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the last Bundesbahn engine was taken out of service in 1965. Several examples survived in the Ruhrgebiet until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the Ruhrkohle AG.

Preserved Locomotives

80 039 with its Hamm Museum Railway train near Uentrop

A total of seven locomotives of this class have been preserved:

• 80 009 belongs to a private owner, Peter Haschke, and stands in his garden.
• 80 013 (Hagans factory no. 1227, 1927) is non-operational at the German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg.[1]
• 80 014 has been optically refurbished and is in the South German Railway Museum, Heilbronn (Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn).
• 80 023 has belonged to the Dresden Transport Museum since 1981. It is maintained by IG Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt in the Dresden-Altstadt shed.
• 80 030, in photo-livery is in the Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum.
• 80 036 of the Dutch Steam Locomotive Union Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij is currently undergoing a major overhaul and will be back in service for heritage trips.
• 80 039 is working and is used by the Hamm Museum Railway for specials.

See also

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses

Sources

1. Merte, Jens. "Museal erhaltene Lokomotiven Christian Hagans, Erfurt" [Preserved locomotives from the Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans] (in German).

External links

• Einheits-Güterzugtenderlokomotive 80 014 Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn