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German Reichsbahn class 43

43 001 in the Saxon Railway Museum, Chemnitz Hilbersdorf

The class 43 was designed in the twenties as a heavy two-cylinder freight locomotive that was to be tested against the three-cylinder class 44. The first ten were delivered in 1927 with drivers of 1,400 mm, just like ...

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Variant Standard
Built 1927-1928
Manufacturers Henschel;BMAG
Wheel arrangement 1E
Gauge 1435 mm
Length
Service mass 110800 kg
Top speed 70 km/h
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General

Property German Reichsbahn class 43
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Built 1927-1928
Manufacturers Henschel, BMAG
Wheel arrangement 2-10-0 (Decapod)
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

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Wheelbase 9.65 m
Total wheelbase 19.19 m
Empty mass 100.9 t
Service mass 110.8 t
Adhesion mass 96.6 t
Total mass 185.4 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.40 m
Axle load 19.3 t
Water capacity 32,000 l
Fuel capacity 10 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 4.68 m²
Firebox surface 18 m²
Tube heating surface 219 m²
Evaporative heating surface 237 m²
Superheater surface 100 m²
Total heating surface 337.0 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 1,400 mm
Boiler pressure 14 bar
Expansion type simple expansion
Cylinders two, 720 x 660 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Indicated power 1,383 kW (1,880 PS)
Top speed 70 km/h
Starting effort 290.8 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 3.26
Optimal speed 29 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 12.5 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 527.0 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 1,019.81
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.15
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 18.02
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 72.01
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 12.17
Total/Superheater 1 : 2.37
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