Mecklenburg G 4.2

The Mecklenburg Class G 4.2 operated by the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway was a goods train, steam locomotive with a compound engine. It was procured between 1901 and 1905 from Henschel and Linke based on the Prussian G 4.2 prototype. A total of five machines were built for Mecklenburg. It was planned that they would be taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn and were to have been given numbers 53 401 - 53 405 according to the 1923 provisional DRG renumbering plan. But they were retired by 1924 before the final plan was issued.

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Mecklenburg G 4.2
Number(s)
  • MFFE 401–405
  • (DRG: 53 401–405)
Quantity5
ManufacturerHenschel & Sohn
Year(s) of manufacture1901–1905
Retired1924
Wheel arrangement0-6-0
Axle arrangementC n2v
Length over buffers15,367 mm (50 ft 5 in)
Service weight40.35 t (39.71 long tons; 44.48 short tons)
Adhesive weight40.35 t (39.71 long tons; 44.48 short tons)
Axle load13.45 t (13.24 long tons; 14.83 short tons)
Top speed45 km/h (28 mph)
Driving wheel diameter1,345 mm (4 ft 5 in)
Valve gearAllan
No. of cylindersTwo, compound
LP cylinder bore650 mm (25 9⁄16 in)
HP cylinder bore460 mm (18 1⁄8 in)
Piston stroke630 mm (24 13⁄16 in)
Boiler Overpressure12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 lbf/in2)
Grate area1.53 m2 (16.5 sq ft)
Evaporative heating area116.00 m2 (1,248.6 sq ft)
Tenderpr 3 T 12
Water capacity12.0 m3 (2,600 imp gal; 3,200 US gal)

The vehicles were equipped with a Hartmann steam brake and had inside Allan valve gear. The engines were able to haul a 500 tonne train on an incline of 1:300 at 30 km/h.

In 1920 a G 4.2 was transferred from Prussia to Mecklenburg. It was given running no. 406 and would have become DRG 53 451.

See also

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