DRG Class 85

DRG Class 85

Number(s)	DRG 85 001–010
Quantity	10
Manufacturer	Henschel
Year(s) of manufacture	1932–1933
Retired	1961
Wheel arrangement	2-10-2
Axle arrangement	1'E1' h3
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Length over buffers	16,300 mm
Service weight	133.6 t
Adhesive weight	99.7 t
Axle load	20.1 t
Top speed	80 km/h
Indicated Power	1,103 kW
Driving wheel diameter	1400 mm
Leading wheel diameter	850 mm
Trailing wheel diameter	850 mm
No. of cylinders	3
Cylinder bore	600 mm
Piston stroke	660 mm
Boiler Overpressure	14 bar
Grate area	3.55 m²
Superheater area	72.50 m²
Evaporative heating area	195.95 m²

The Class 85 was a German goods train tank engine and standard locomotive (Einheitslok) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

History

In 1931, the DRG ordered ten locomotives from the firm of Henschel that were taken into the fleet as numbers 85 001–010. The Class 85 was intended for hauling passenger and goods trains. They were however also employed as pusher locomotives on the Höllentalbahn in the Black Forest. Thanks to this engine, the Höllental Railway could do away with rack railway operations from 1933. The running gear and the superheated system were taken from the Class 44. The boiler, with a few minor alterations, was the same as that of the Class 62. All the locomotives were stabled at the Freiburg shed. Apart from number 85 004, which was lost in the Second World War, all the engines were in operation in the Black Forest until 1961, the year the route was converted from experimental electrical operations with 20 kV/50 Hz lines to the usual Deutsche Bundesbahn standard of 15 kV/16 2/3 Hz. One engine, number 85 007, was still in service in Wuppertal until the end of the year, but they were all retired by the beginning of the next year.

Preserved locomotives

Number 85 007 belongs to the town of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is not operational, but is maintained by the Bahn-Sozialwerk-Gruppe. The engine is housed in the former locomotive shed.

Literature

Scharf, Hans; Wollny, Burkhard (1987). Die Höllentalbahn (in German). Freiburg: EK Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-780-X.

External links

History of the Class 85 in the Höllental, Black Forest

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Classes of Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotive
Express train tender locomotives	01 01.10 02 02.1 03 03.10 04 05 06 19.10
Passenger train tender locomotives	23 24
Goods train tender locomotives	41 42 43 44 45 50 52 56.2–8
Express train tank locomotives	61
Passenger train tank locomotives	62 64 71.0
Goods train tank locomotives	80 81 84 85 86 87 89.0
Rack railway, branch line & narrow gauge locomotives	97.5 98.10 98.11 99.19 99.21 99.22 99.32 99.73–76
Electric locomotives	E 04 E 05 E 06.1 E 15 E 16 E 16.5 E 17 E 18 E 19 E 21 E 21.5 E 44 E 60 E 63 E 75 E 77 E 80 E 91 E 93 E 94 E 95 E 178 E 244
Diesel locomotives	V 3001 V 3201 V 3601 V 3602 V 3801 Kö I Köf II
Railbuses and multiple units	ET 25 ET 25.1 ET 31 ET 41 ET 51 ET 51.1 ET 55 ET 65 ET 82 ET 85 ET 87 ET 89 ET 91 SVT 125 SVT 137 ET 165 ET 166 ET 167 ET 168 ET 169 ET 171 SVT 877 Wismar
State railway locomotive lists	Baden Bavaria Mecklenburg Oldenburg Palatinate Prussia Saxony Württemberg

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