BLE No. 44

Locomotive No. 44 of the Brunswick State Railway (BLE) was a tank locomotive for mixed passenger and goods traffic. The locomotive, built in 1934 by Krupp, had a 2-8-2T wheel arrangement and a two-cylinder superheated engine. Leading and trailing wheels were housed in a Bissel bogie. Rather unusual for such a locomotive were the smoke deflectors which were attached directly to the side tanks and extended as far as the front buffer beam.

BLE 44
DRB 79 001 (2nd)
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderKrupp
Serial number1423
Build date1934
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
  Whyte2-8-2T
  UIC1′D1′ h2t
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Leading dia.900 mm (2 ft 11 38 in)
Driver dia.1,350 mm (4 ft 5 18 in)
Trailing dia.900 mm (2 ft 11 38 in)
Length12,370 mm (40 ft 7 in)
Axle load14.8 tonnes (14.6 long tons; 16.3 short tons)
Adhesive weight59.1 tonnes (58.2 long tons; 65.1 short tons)
Loco weight88.3 tonnes (86.9 long tons; 97.3 short tons)
Boiler pressure14 kg/cm2 (1.37 MPa; 199 psi)
CylindersTwo
Performance figures
Maximum speed75 km/h (47 mph)
Career
Operators
Numbers
  • BLE: 44
  • DRB: 79 001 (2nd)
  • DEG: 261
RetiredMarch 1973

After the takeover of the BLE by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1938, the engine was given the running number 79 001, re-using a number previously given to a Saxon XV HTV that had been retired in 1933.

The engine survived the Second World War and was sold to the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (DEG), and sent to their Braunschweig-Schöninger Eisenbahn (BSE) in 1947. It was transferred to the Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn (FKE) in 1949, the Teutoburger Wald-Eisenbahn (TWE) in 1960, and then returned to the FKE in 1966. It was retired there in 1973.

The running number 79 001 was allocated in 1951 to the former French locomotive, 1-242.TA.602, which had ended up in German hands after the war.

Literature

  • Weisbrod, Bäzold, Obermayer: Das große Typenbuch deutscher Dampflokomotiven. Transpress Verlag ISBN 3-344-70751-5

See also

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