Imperial-Royal State Railways class 6
Czechoslovak State Railways class 264.0 and Polish State Railways Pd12
As a successor to the class 4 and 5 express locomotives, Karl Gölsdorf designed the class 6, which was his first express locomotive. Like its predecessors, it also had two driving and carrying axles each. In order to achieve the required increase in output, Gölsdorf took a different approach to arranging the boiler, which was inspired by the famous number 999 of the Pennsylvania Railroad, among others.
Instead of arranging the boiler very low, as was previously the case, to achieve the smoothest possible running, a boiler with a larger diameter was used here, with the firebox standing completely above the frame. Thus, a continuous output of up to 900 hp could be achieved through a larger grate and evaporation surface. In addition, it had a two-cylinder compound engine with the high-pressure cylinder on the right side.
A total of 68 were built between 1894 and 1898, which reached speeds of up to 130 km/h in test runs. Nevertheless, approval was only granted for a speed of 90 km/h, which was sufficient in Austria. The BBÖ still had 20 in service after the First World War and used them until 1932. 28 were in service with the ČSD until 1938 as class 264.0 and nine more with the PKP as Pd12.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1894-1898
- Manufacturers
- Floridsdorf, Wiener Neustadt, StEG
- Wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0 (American)
- Gauge
- 1,435 mm (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and weights
- Length loco
- 10.01 m
- Wheelbase
- 7.30 m
- Empty mass
- 51.5 t
- Service mass
- 57 t
- Adhesion mass
- 29 t
- Rigid wheelbase
- 2.80 m
- Axle load
- 14.5 t
- Water capacity
- 16,700 l
- Fuel capacity
- 5.5 t (coal)
Boiler
- Grate area
- 2.9 m²
- Firebox surface
- 11 m²
- Tube heating surface
- 144.5 m²
- Evaporative heating surface
- 155.5 m²
- Total heating surface
- 155.5 m²
Power plant
- Driver diameter
- 2,140 mm
- Boiler pressure
- 13 bar
- Expansion type
- compound
- Cylinders
- two, HP: 500 x 680 mm and LP: 740 x 680 mm
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Indicated power
- 662 kW (900 PS)
- Top speed
- 90 km/h
- Starting effort
- 60.3 kN
- Starting effort simple
- 72.3 kN
Calculated values
- Factor of adhesion
- 1 : 4.72
- Optimal speed
- 68 km/h
- Power-to-weight ratio
- 11.6 kW/t
- Heating Surface Equivalent
- 210.5 m²
- Cylinder volume/HSE
- 1 : 1,328.96
- Adhesive weight/Total
- 1 : 1.97
- Tractive force/Heating surface
- 1 : 8.09
- Grate area/Heating surface
- 1 : 53.62
- Firebox/Tube surface
- 1 : 13.14