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This engine was In 1975 this engine was equiped with a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake. This was to serve as braking-engine on testruns with electrical locomotives.
Technical details
Series | 44 |
Set-up | 1'E (2-10-0) |
Length | 22620 mm |
Diameter driving wheels | 1400 mm |
Weight full | 110 ton |
Overheated area | 100 m2 |
Grate area | 5 m2 |
Gear | Heusinger |
Cilinders | 3: 550x660 mm |
Fuel capacity | coal: 10 ton |
Water capacity | 32 m3 |
Power | 1910 pki |
Remarks | Engines for work on freight trains in the mountains. The first were build in 1926. The last in 1949. In total 1989 engines were build. Many engines continued their work outsite Germany after WW II. |
History
Date | Event | Owner | Series | Identification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1941 | Build for | Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft | DRG 44 | / 44 404 |
1949 | Take over by | Deutsche Bundesbahn | DB 44 | / 44 404 |
1968 | Renumbered by | Deutsche Bundesbahn | DB 44 | / 044 404-2 |
1977 | Sold to | Deutsche Museums-Eisenbahn GmbH / Bahnwelt Darmstadt-Kranichstein | DB 44 | / 44 404 |
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