Bavarian AA I
| Bavarian AA I later P 2/4 DRG Class 36.8 | |
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| Number(s): | 1400 DRG 36 861 |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Krauss |
| Year(s) of manufacture: | 1896 |
| Retired: | 1933 |
| Wheel arrangement: | 4-2-2-2, later 4-4-0 |
| Axle arrangement: | 2'aA1 n2v, later 2'B h2 |
| Gauge: | 1,435 mm |
| Length over buffers: | 16,570 mm |
| Service weight: | 51.7 t |
| Adhesive weight: | 29.8 t |
| Axle load: | 14.9 t |
| Top speed: | 90 km/h |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,870 mm |
| Leading wheel diameter: | 1,006 mm |
| No. of cylinders: | 2 |
| Cylinder bore: | 490 mm |
| Piston stroke: | 610 mm |
| Boiler Overpressure: | 13 bar |
| Grate area: | 2.26 m² |
| Superheater area: | 26.85 m² |
| Evaporative heating area: | 94.60 m² |
| Tender: | Bavarian 3 T 14.5 |
| Water capacity: | 14.5 m³ |
The only AA I steam locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) was built by the firm of Krauss in 1896. It had been designed by chief mechanical engineer, Richard von Helmholtz, as a 4-2-2-2 tender locomotive. The engine was largely based on the Bavarian B XI, but the driving and running gear was modified. The second coupled axle was replaced by a fixed carrying axle, and a dolly axle (Vorspannachse) added between the bogie and driving axle. This could be lowered by a pressure cylinder and was driven by an auxiliary engine with two cylinders. Despite her high maintenance requirement, she was economical to run due to her low steam consumption. In 1907 she was rebuilt after an accident into a 2'B h2 locomotive and redesignated as a Class P 2/4. She was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and run under operating number 36 861. She was the last Bavarian 4-4-0 locomotive to be retired in 1933.
The engine was equipped with a Bavarian 3 T 14.5 tender.
See also
Literature
- Horst J. Obermayer (1990), "Dampflokomotiven" (in German), Deutsche Eisenbahnen (Stuttgart: Franckh-Kosmos Verlag): pp. 87, ISBN 3-89350-819-8
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany
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