- Bavarian P 3/5 N
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Bavarian P 3/5 N
DRG Class 38.0Number(s): DRG 38 001–013 Quantity: 36 Manufacturer: Maffei Year(s) of manufacture: 1905–1907 Retired: 1938 Wheel arrangement: 4-6-0 Axle arrangement: 2'C n4v Gauge: 1,435 mm Length over buffers: 18,524 mm Service weight: 68.8 t Adhesive weight: 45.2 t Axle load: 15.3 t Top speed: 90 km/h Driving wheel diameter: 1,640 mm Leading wheel diameter: 850 mm No. of cylinders: 4 Cylinder bore: 2×340/570 mm Piston stroke: 640 mm Boiler Overpressure: 15 bar Grate area: 2.60 m² Evaporative heating area: 165.50 m² Tender: bay 2'2' T 18,2 Water capacity: 18.2 m³ The 36 locomotives of Class P 3/5 N of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) were built between 1905 and 1907 by Maffei. The P 3/5 N evolved from the S 3/5 express train locomotive and had likewise a four-cylinder compound configuration. Compared with the S 3/5 the P 3/5 N had a smaller boiler but the same size cylinders. The P 3/5 N could haul a 350 ton train at 80 km/h on the level.
Six locomotives were destroyed in World War I; 17 more had to be handed over as reparations. The remaining 13 locomotives were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as Class 38.0.
The S 3/6 had already displaced these locomotives from the higher value passenger services.
Following positive experience with the Class P 3/5 H , the later DRG Class 38.4, in 1921, all P 3/5 N were converted from saturated to superheated steam operation between 1924 and 1925. The vehicles were nevertheless retired between 1932 and; the last locomotive in service was the 38 003.
The engines were equipped with Bavarian 2'2' T 18,2 tenders.
See also
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany
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