Class T 5 of the Palatinate Railway was a German, goods train, tank locomotive class with five coupled axles and no carrying axles.

Palatine T 5
DRG Class 94.0
Pfalzbahn 307, later DRG 94 002 at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum, June 2011
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderKrauss
Serial number5778–5781
Model1907
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-10-0T
 • UICE n2t
 • GermanGt 55.14
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Driver dia.1,180 mm (3 ft 10+12 in)
Wheelbase:
 • Axle spacing
(Asymmetrical)
  • 1,340 mm (4 ft 4+34 in) +
  • 1,340 mm (4 ft 4+34 in) +
  • 1,580 mm (5 ft 2+14 in) +
  • 1,340 mm (4 ft 4+34 in)
 • Engine5,600 mm (18 ft 4+12 in)
Length:
 • Over buffers12,020 mm (39 ft 5+14 in)
Axle load14.4 t (14.2 long tons; 15.9 short tons)
Adhesive weight72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons)
Empty weight56.8 t (55.9 long tons; 62.6 short tons)
Service weight72.0 t (70.9 long tons; 79.4 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity2.5 t (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons)
Water cap.6.0 m3 (1,300 imp gal; 1,600 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area2.73 m2 (29.4 sq ft)
Boiler:
 • Pitch2,710 mm (8 ft 10+34 in)
 • Tube plates4,350 mm (14 ft 3+14 in)
 • Small tubes50 mm (1+1516 in), 253 off
Boiler pressure13 bar (13.3 kgf/cm2; 189 lbf/in2)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox11.5 m2 (124 sq ft)
 • Tubes157.5 m2 (1,695 sq ft)
 • Total surface169.0 m2 (1,819 sq ft)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size560 mm × 560 mm (22+116 in × 22+116 in)
Loco brakeSchleicher compressed-air brake, 2nd and 3rd coupled axle braked both sides
Performance figures
Maximum speed40 km/h (25 mph)
Career
Numbers
  • Pfalz: 306–309
  • DRG 94 001 – 94 004
RetiredSeptember 1926

In 1925 they were absorbed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 94.0 into their renumbering plan.

These engines were bought specifically for the inclines between Pirmasens and Biebermühle. They could reach a speed of 40 km/h on the level with a 1,510 tonne train load, and 30 km/h on an incline of 2%. Overall, however, they were unable to match the power of locomotives from Prussia or Saxony and were retired by 1926.

The locomotive which was formerly no. 307 in the Palatinate Railway (DRG No. 94 002) was disposed of to the Eschweiler Mining Union and employed at the Baesweiler coal mine, where it was given the name of Carl Alexander and the number 3; it remained in service there until 1974. Today it is displayed at the Neustadt/Weinstrasse Railway Museum in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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References

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  • Obermayer, Horst J. (1971). Taschenbuch Deutsche Dampflokomotiven.Regelspur (2nd ed.). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-03643-X.
  • Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 294, 295, 388. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 60–96 (EFA 1.3) (in German) (4th ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 200–202. ISBN 3-87094-083-2.