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BLE No. 44

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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)
Wheelbase10,250 mm (33 ft 7+12 in) ​
 • Drivers1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) × 3
 • Trailing2,650 mm (8 ft 8+14 in) both ends
Length13,525 mm (44 ft 4+12 in) over buffers
Height4,050 mm (13 ft 3+12 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)
Fuel capacity4 tonnes (3.9 long tons; 4.4 short tons)
Water cap.11,000 L (2,400 imp gal; 2,900 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area2.375 m2 (25.56 sq ft)
Boiler:
 • Pitch4,675 mm (15 ft 4 in)
 • Tube plates4,700 mm (15 ft 5 in)
Boiler pressure14 kg/cm2 (1.37 MPa; 199 psi)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox10.9 m2 (117 sq ft)
 • Tubes56.0 m2 (603 sq ft)
 • Flues48.0 m2 (517 sq ft)
Superheater:
 • Heating area49.5 m2 (533 sq ft)
CylindersTwo
Cylinder size570 mm × 660 mm (22+716 in × 26 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed75 km/h (47 mph)
Career
Operators
Numbers
  • BLE: 44
  • DRB: 79 001 (2nd)
  • DEG: 261
RetiredMarch 1973

Locomotive No. 44 of the Brunswick State Railway Company (Braunschweigische Landes-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, 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.

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 [de] (DEG), and sent to their Braunschweig-Schöninger Eisenbahn [de] (BSE) in 1947. It was transferred to the Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn [de] (FKE) in 1949, the Teutoburger Wald-Eisenbahn [de] (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.

References

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  • Hütter, Ingo (2021). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 60 bis 91 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 247–248. ISBN 978-3-946594-21-5.
  • Weisbrod, Bäzold, Obermayer: Das große Typenbuch deutscher Dampflokomotiven. Transpress Verlag ISBN 3-344-70751-5
  • Weisbrod, Manfred (1991). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Von Privatbahnen zur DRG (EFA 1.5) (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 102–104, 241. ISBN 3-87094-139-1.

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