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Palatinate Railways P 1

P 1[h]I[/h] in Ludwigshafen

P 1 was the designation for three slightly different types of passenger locomotives on the Palatinate Railway. They were built between 1875 and 1884 and the last of them survived until the mid-1920s. They all had the ...

	Palatinate Railways P 1 Remove
Variant	P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]II[/h] P 1[h]III[/h]
Built	1870-1875
Manufacturers	MBG Karlsruhe
Wheel arrangement	1B
Gauge	1435 mm
Length	13890 mm
Service mass	29000 kg
Top speed	50 km/h
Power
Engine

General

Property	Palatinate Railways P 1 P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]II[/h] P 1[h]III[/h] Remove
Built	1870-1875
Manufacturers	MBG Karlsruhe
Wheel arrangement	2-4-0 (Porter)
Gauge	1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property	Palatinate Railways P 1 P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]II[/h] P 1[h]III[/h] Remove
Length	13.89 m
Service mass	29 t
Adhesion mass	18.8 t
Axle load	12 t
Water capacity	7,000 l

Boiler

Property	Palatinate Railways P 1 P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]II[/h] P 1[h]III[/h] Remove
Grate area	0.99 m²
Evaporative heating surface	102 m²
Total heating surface	102.0 m²

Power plant

Property	Palatinate Railways P 1 P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]II[/h] P 1[h]III[/h] Remove
Driver diameter	1,626 mm
Boiler pressure	10 bar
Expansion type	simple expansion
Cylinders	two, 406 x 558 mm

Power

Property	Palatinate Railways P 1 P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]II[/h] P 1[h]III[/h] Remove
Power source	steam
Estimated power	180 kW (245 PS)
Top speed	50 km/h
Starting effort	48.1 kN

Calculated values

Property	Palatinate Railways P 1 P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]I[/h] P 1[h]II[/h] P 1[h]III[/h] Remove
Factor of adhesion	1 : 3.84
Optimal speed	23 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio	6.2 kW/t
Adhesive weight/Total	1 : 1.54
Tractive force/Heating surface	1 : 9.84
Grate area/Heating surface	1 : 103.03

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