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Steam engine from the early 20th century
DRG H 17 206 H 17 206
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Henschel & Sohn Serial number 20445 Build date 1925 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: • Whyte 4-6-0 • UIC 2′ C h3v • German S 35.20 Driver 1st coupled axle Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in )Leading dia. 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+ 3 ⁄8 in)Driver dia.1,980 mm (6 ft 6 in) Wheelbase : • Axle spacing (Asymmetrical) 2,200 mm (7 ft 2+ 5 ⁄8 in) + 2,250 mm (7 ft 4+ 5 ⁄8 in) + 2,100 mm (6 ft 10+ 5 ⁄8 in) + 2,600 mm (8 ft 6+ 3 ⁄8 in) = • Engine 9,150 mm (30 ft 1 ⁄4 in) • Tender 1,800 mm (5 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in) + 2,000 mm (6 ft 6+ 3 ⁄4 in) + 1,800 mm (5 ft 10+ 7 ⁄8 in) = 5,600 mm (18 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in) • incl. tender 17,470 mm (57 ft 3+ 3 ⁄4 in)Length: • Over headstocks 19,900 mm (65 ft 3+ 1 ⁄2 in) • Over buffers 21,200 mm (69 ft 6+ 5 ⁄8 in)Tender type pr. 2′ 2′ T 31.5 Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 7 t (6.9 long tons; 7.7 short tons) Water cap. 31.5 m3 (31,500 L; 6,900 imp gal; 8,300 US gal) Firebox: • Grate area 2.56 m2 (27.6 sq ft) Boiler: • Pitch 2,800 mm (9 ft 2+ 1 ⁄4 in) • Large tubes 83 mm (3+ 1 ⁄4 in), 116 offBoiler pressure HP: 60 bar (61.2 kp/cm2 ; 870 psi) LP: 14 bar (14.3 kp/cm2 ; 203 psi) Heating surface: • Firebox 20.2 m2 (217 sq ft) • Flues 117.0 m2 (1,259 sq ft) • Total surface 137.5 m2 (1,480 sq ft) Superheater: • Heating area 82.5 m2 (888 sq ft) Cylinders Three: one HP inside, two LP outside High-pressure cylinder 290 mm × 630 mm (11+ 7 ⁄16 in × 24+ 13 ⁄16 in)Low-pressure cylinder 500 mm × 630 mm (19+ 11 ⁄16 in × 24+ 13 ⁄16 in)
Performance figures Maximum speed 120 km/h (75 mph)
Career Operators Deutsche Reichsbahn Numbers H 17 206 Retired 1937 Disposition rebuilt back to normal S 10.2 in 1938
H 17 206 was a high pressure steam locomotive built in Germany in 1925 by Henschel , on the Schmidt system . Rebuilt from a Prussian S 10.2 .
The H 17 206 was not repeated.
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