DRG Class 89.0

DRG Class 89.0 (2nd) PKP TKh5
89 008 in Schwerin
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Berliner Maschinenbau (3) Henschel & Sohn (7) Build date 1934 (6 units) 1937 (4 units) Total produced 10
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0T  • UIC 001–003: C n2t 004–010: C h2t  • German Gt 33.15 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+1⁄4 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Axle spacing (Asymmetrical) 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) + 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) =  • Engine 3,300 mm (10 ft 9+7⁄8 in) Length: ​  • Over headstocks 8,300 mm (27 ft 2+3⁄4 in)  • Over buffers 9,600 mm (31 ft 6 in) Height 4,165 mm (13 ft 8 in) Axle load 001–003: 15.3 t (15.1 long tons; 16.9 short tons) 004–010: 15.5 t (15.3 long tons; 17.1 short tons) Adhesive weight 001–003: 45.8 t (45.1 long tons; 50.5 short tons) 004–010: 46.6 t (45.9 long tons; 51.4 short tons) Empty weight 001–003: 35.3 t (34.7 long tons; 38.9 short tons) 004–010: 36.2 t (35.6 long tons; 39.9 short tons) Service weight 001–003: 45.8 t (45.1 long tons; 50.5 short tons) 004–010: 46.6 t (45.9 long tons; 51.4 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2.6 t (2.6 long tons; 2.9 short tons) Water cap. 001–003: 4.5 m3 (990 imp gal; 1,190 US gal) 004–010: 4.8 m3 (1,060 imp gal; 1,270 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 1.42 m2 (15.3 sq ft) Boiler: ​  • Pitch 2,800 mm (9 ft 2+1⁄4 in)  • Tube plates 2,800 mm (9 ft 2+1⁄4 in)  • Small tubes 001–003: 44.5 mm (1+3⁄4 in), 219 off 004–010: 44.5 mm (1+3⁄4 in), 100 off  • Large tubes 001–003: — 004–010: 118 mm (4+5⁄8 in), 28 off Boiler pressure 14 bar (14.3 kgf/cm2; 203 psi) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 6.11 m2 (65.8 sq ft)  • Tubes 001–003: 76.1 m2 (819 sq ft) 004–010: 34.75 m2 (374.0 sq ft)  • Flues 001–003: — 004–010: 27.0 m2 (291 sq ft)  • Total surface 001–003: 82.21 m2 (884.9 sq ft) 004–010: 67.86 m2 (730.4 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 001–003: — 004–010: 24.1 m2 (259 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 420 mm × 550 mm (16+9⁄16 in × 21+5⁄8 in) Loco brake Knorr automatic, single-chamber, compressed-air brakes Parking brake Counterweight brake
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph) Indicated power 001–003: 320 PS (235 kW; 316 hp) 004–010: 525 PS (386 kW; 518 hp)
Career Operators Deutsche Reichsbahn Numbers 89 001 – 89 010 Retired 1968

The DRG Class 89.0 was a goods train tank engine of standard design (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG).

History

It was the smallest standard locomotive in service with the Reichsbahn. Whilst numbers 89 001 - 89 003 were supplied as saturated steam engines, the remaining seven were superheated locomotives. After the Second World War half the machines went to the Polish State Railway (PKP) and half to the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR). The last engine 89 008 was taken out of service in 1968 at Dresden-Altstadt locomotive depot (Bahnbetriebswerk or Bw) and remains preserved in the Dresden Transport Museum as a heritage locomotive. Since 1992 the engine has been in the ownership of the Mecklenburg Railway Friends (Mecklenburgischen Eisenbahnfreunde) in Schwerin.

Although this engine was never in service with the Deutsche Bundesbahn, it is in the DB's transport directory.

Model railway

A Z scale model of the Class 89.0 locomotive has been used as the symbol for this model track gauge.

There has also been a model by the firm of Märklin for decades in H0 scale. The DB variant of this model has no real prototype, however, because this engine was never in the DB's fleet.

See also

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses

References

• Hütter, Ingo (2021). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 60 bis 91 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 314–316. ISBN 978-3-946594-21-5.
• Obermayer, Horst J. (1969). Taschenbuch Deutsche Dampflokomotiven. Stuttgart: Regelspur. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-05530-2.
• Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 134–137, 245–246. ISBN 3-87094-083-2.