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DRG Class 80

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DRG Class 80
80 013 in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, June 2006
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder
Build date1927–1928
Total produced39
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0T
 • UICC h2t
 • GermanGt 33.17
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Driver dia.1,100 mm (3 ft 7+14 in)
Wheelbase:
 • Axle spacing
(Asymmetrical)
  • 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) +
  • 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) =
 • Engine3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in)
Length:
 • Over headstocks8,370 mm (27 ft 5+12 in)
 • Over buffers9,670 mm (31 ft 8+34 in)
Height4,165 mm (13 ft 8 in)
Axle load18.1 t (17.8 long tons; 20.0 short tons)
Adhesive weight54.4 t (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons)
Empty weight44.3 t (43.6 long tons; 48.8 short tons)
Service weight54.4 t (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity2.0 t (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons)
Water cap.5 m3 (1,100 imp gal; 1,320 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area1.52 m2 (16.4 sq ft)
Boiler:
 • Pitch2,700 mm (8 ft 10+14 in)
 • Tube plates2,500 mm (8 ft 2+38 in)
 • Small tubes44.5 mm (1+34 in), 114 off
 • Large tubes118 mm (4+58 in), 32 off
Boiler pressure14 bar (14.3 kgf/cm2; 203 psi)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox6.60 m2 (71.0 sq ft)
 • Tubes35.37 m2 (380.7 sq ft)
 • Flues27.65 m2 (297.6 sq ft)
 • Total surface69.62 m2 (749.4 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area25.50 m2 (274.5 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size450 mm × 550 mm (17+1116 in × 21+58 in)
Parking brakeK-GP mZ counterweight handbrake
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 km/h (28 mph)
Indicated power575 PS (423 kW; 567 hp)
BrakeforceDirect-release Knorr compressed-air brakes
Career
OperatorsDeutsche Reichsbahn
Numbers80 001 – 80 039
Retired1977
DispositionSeven preserved, remainder scrapped

The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitsloks) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were intended to replace the aging, rickety state railway line engines performing shunting duties in their dotage at large stations.

History

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Between 1927 and 1928, 39 vehicles were produced, having been built in the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in Königsberg, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple locomotive class, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down.

After they had been on duty, prior to the Second World War, primarily in the area of Leipzig (including the shunting of post vans) and Cologne, 22 units went into the DR in East Germany, post-1945, and 17 to the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They were in service with the DR until 1968.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the last Bundesbahn engine was taken out of service in 1965. Several examples survived in the Ruhrgebiet until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the Ruhrkohle AG.

Preserved Locomotives

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80 039 with its Hamm Museum Railway train near Uentrop

A total of seven locomotives of this class have been preserved:

Culture

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During production of Thomas & Friends, a model for DRG Class 80 with a number 80031 has been photographed in several behind the scenes images, but has rarely been seen in the series & would later be used for scrap parts. The scrap model was even rendered in CGI for the 2012 special, Blue Mountain Mystery. It can be seen when Thomas enters the Vicarstown Dieselworks.

In Tugs (TV series), Puffa is based off a DRG Class 80, but with parts of an American engine & with wood in his bunker.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Merte, Jens. "Museal erhaltene Lokomotiven Christian Hagans, Erfurt" [Preserved locomotives from the Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans] (in German).
  • Hütter, Ingo (2021). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 60 bis 91 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 250–254. ISBN 978-3-946594-21-5.
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 98–100, 241. ISBN 3-87094-083-2.
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