Oldenburg T 0

Oldenburg T 0
Type and origin Build date 1885–1891
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-2-0T  • German Goods train tank locomotive Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Leading dia. 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Driver dia. 1,210 mm (3 ft 11+5⁄8 in) Axle load 17.6 t (17.3 long tons; 19.4 short tons) Adhesive weight 9.2 t (9.1 long tons; 10.1 short tons) Service weight 17.6 t (17.3 long tons; 19.4 short tons) Boiler pressure 12 kg/cm2 (1.18 MPa; 171 lbf/in2) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 0.52 m2 (5.6 sq ft)  • Evaporative 28.2 m2 (304 sq ft) Cylinder size 220 mm (8+11⁄16 in) Piston stroke 440 mm (17+5⁄16 in)
Performance figures Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph)
Career Retired around 1920

The Oldenburg Class T 0 (originally Class VIII) were goods train tank engines operated by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways. They were built specifically for branch lines, because four-coupled engines had proved uneconomical. Their wheelbase of 7.70 m enabled them to travel at up to 60 km/h. They were considerably more economical than the four-couplers. In 1885 four were built and two more followed in 1891.

See also

• Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways
• List of Oldenburg locomotives and railbuses

Sources

• Lothar Spielhoff (1990), Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in German), Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, ISBN 3-440-06145-0