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Baden VIII c

No. 632 on a builder's photo of Esslingen machine factory

When a powerful freight locomotive was being searched that could still negotiate curves on the Black Forest Railway, Grafenstaden had the class VIII c designed after the Mallet design. Only two pre-production locomoti...

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Variant
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Built 1893
Manufacturers Grafenstaden
Wheel arrangement BB ma
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 16759 mm
Service mass 57800 kg
Top speed 45 km/h
Power
Engine

General

Property Baden VIII c
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Built 1893
Manufacturers Grafenstaden
Wheel arrangement 0-4-4-0
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

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Length 16.76 m
Wheelbase 5.80 m
Empty mass 51.6 t
Service mass 57.8 t
Adhesion mass 57.8 t
Total mass 92.1 t
Rigid wheelbase 1.75 m
Axle load 14.5 t
Water capacity 13,500 l
Fuel capacity 4 t (coal)

Boiler

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Grate area 1.96 m²
Firebox surface 10.38 m²
Tube heating surface 125.23 m²
Evaporative heating surface 135.61 m²
Total heating surface 135.6 m²

Power plant

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Driver diameter 1,260 mm
Boiler pressure 12 bar
Expansion type compound
Cylinders two, HP: 390 x 600 mm and LP: 600 x 600 mm

Power

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Power source steam
Estimated power 500 kW (680 PS)
Top speed 45 km/h
Starting effort 51.9 kN
Starting effort simple 62.3 kN

Calculated values

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Factor of adhesion 1 : 10.92
Optimal speed 60 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 8.7 kW/t
Heating Surface Equivalent 187.5 m²
Cylinder volume/HSE 1 : 834.61
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.00
Tractive force/Heating surface 1 : 8.00
Grate area/Heating surface 1 : 69.19
Firebox/Tube surface 1 : 12.06
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