Bavarian Pts 3/4

Summary

The Bavarian Pts 3/4 2-6-0T steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) were employed on the steam 'tramway' between Altötting and Neuötting. A total of four machines were built, nos. 1101, 1102 and 1103 in 1906 and no. 1104 not until the retirement of no. 1102 in 1922. They had a covered driving gear, a high boiler with water tanks located beneath it, gangways and a railing for the running plate. The engines carried 2.5 m3 (88 cu ft) of water and 0.5 tonnes (0.49 long tons; 0.55 short tons) of coal on board.

Bavarian Pts 3/4
DRG Class 99.13
Type and origin
BuilderKrauss
Build date1906, 1923
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-0T
 • GermanK 34.8
Gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Leading dia.500 mm (19+58 in)
Driver dia.800 mm (31+12 in)
Length:
 • Over beams6,650 mm (21 ft 9+34 in)
Service weight27.7 t (27.3 long tons; 30.5 short tons)
Fuel capacity500 kg (1,100 lb) coal
Water cap.2.5 m3 (550 imp gal; 660 US gal)
Boiler pressure12 kgf/cm2 (1,180 kPa; 171 lbf/in2)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox0.79 m2 (8.5 sq ft)
 • Evaporative36.65 m2 (394.5 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area9.20 m2 (99.0 sq ft)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size380 mm (14+1516 in)
Piston stroke340 mm (13+38 in)
Valve gearWalschaerts (Heusinger)
Performance figures
Maximum speed30 km/h (19 mph)
Career
NumbersK.Bay.Sts.E.: 1101–1104
DRG: 99 131 – 99 133
Retired1922–1931

After the foundation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn the remaining three locomotives were taken over and grouped into DRG Class 99.13. They were given the numbers 99 131 - 99 133. The locos were only used as reserve engines after the closure of the route in 1930 and retired in 1931. Number 99 133 (ex no. 1104, factory no. 7986), however, found a new job on the Wallersdorf – Münchshöfen branch line where it worked from 1938 to the closure of the line in 1949. It was then scrapped.

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References edit

  • Obermayer, Horst J. (1971). Taschenbuch Deutsche Schmalspur-Dampflokomotiven (in German). Stuttgart: Franckh. ISBN 3-440-03818-1.
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Petznik, Wolfgang (1981). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 97–99 (EFA 1.4) (in German) (2nd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 116–117. ISBN 3-87094-087-5.