Oldenburg G 4.2

Oldenburg G 4.2 DRG Class 53.10
Type and origin Builder Hanomag Build date 1895–1909 Total produced 27
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0 Driver dia. 1,330 mm (52+3⁄8 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 15,136 mm (49 ft 8 in) Axle load 102…166: 13.4 t (13.2 long tons; 14.8 short tons) 179…193: 13.5 t (13.3 long tons; 14.9 short tons) Adhesive weight 102…166: 40.2 t (39.6 long tons; 44.3 short tons) 179…193: 41.7 t (41.0 long tons; 46.0 short tons) Empty weight 102…166: 34.6 t (34.1 long tons; 38.1 short tons) 179…193: 36.4 t (35.8 long tons; 40.1 short tons) Service weight 102…166: 40.2 t (39.6 long tons; 44.3 short tons) 179…193: 41.7 t (41.0 long tons; 46.0 short tons) Tender type 3 T 12 Fuel capacity 102…122: 4 t (8,820 lb) coal 155…193: 5 t (11,000 lb) coal Water cap. 12 m3 (2,600 imp gal; 3,200 US gal) Boiler pressure 12 kgf/cm2 (1.18 MPa; 171 lbf/in2) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 1.53 m2 (16.5 sq ft)  • Evaporative 102…166: 117.46 m2 (1,264.3 sq ft) 179…193: 112.66 m2 (1,212.7 sq ft) Cylinders 2, compound High-pressure cylinder 460 mm (18+1⁄8 in) Low-pressure cylinder 650 mm (25+9⁄16 in) Piston stroke 630 mm (24+13⁄16 in) Valve gear 102…166: Allan 179…193: Walschaerts
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph)
Career Numbers GOE: 102–106, 117–122, 155–159, 165–166, 179–184, 191–193 DRG: 53 1001–1003, 53 1051–1058 Retired 1927

The Oldenburg G 4.2 steam locomotives were goods train engines built for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahnen) between 1895 and 1909 in several series.

History

They were compound locomotives manufactured by Hanomag based on a Prussian design, the Prussian G 4.2. Of the total of 27 examples, 19 were to have been taken over in 1923 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG class 53.10 with numbers 53 1001–1011 and 53 1051–1058. In the 1925 DRG renumbering plan for steam locomotives, however, only eleven engines were listed: numbers 53 1001–1003 and 53 1051–1058. Numbers 53 1001 and 1002 (previously 53 1004 and 1005) came from the first series, number 53 1003 (previously 53 1011) from the second and 53 1051-1058 from the third.

Description

The first vehicles were equipped with an outside valve gear of the Allan type. The 15 engines delivered from 1907 had an outside Walschaerts valve gear. The latter were also fitted with a Ranafier steam dryer and a steam dome.

On a line with a 0.5% incline, the engines attained a speed of 30 km/h when hauling a 500 tonne train.

See also

• Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways
• List of Oldenburg locomotives and railbuses
• Länderbahnen

References

• Hütter, Ingo (2012). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 50 bis 53 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. p. 421. ISBN 978-3-937189-63-5.

Further reading

• 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.
• Vandenberghen, J. (1989). La guerre 1914 - 1918 et les locomotives "Armistice", 3. Description des locomotives bavaroises, saxonnes, badoises, mecklebourgeoises, oldenbourgeoises (PDF) (in French). Brussels: SNCB. p. 58.
• Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 41–59 (EFA 1.2) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 78–79. ISBN 3-87094-082-4.

External links

• Oliver M. Westerhoff. "1895: Güterzuglokomotive, G 4.2 (C-GLv), Baureihe 53.10". www.laenderbahn.info (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-21.