- DSB class P
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DSB class P Power type Steam Builder Hanomag (19)
Schwartzkopff[disambiguation needed ] (14)Build date 1907–1910 Total produced 33 Configuration 4-4-2 UIC classification 2'B1 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Driver diameter 1,984 mm (6 ft 6.1 in) Length 18.515 m (60 ft 9 in) over buffers Axle load 19 tonnes (19 long tons; 21 short tons) Locomotive & tender
combined weight117.4 tonnes (115.5 long tons; 129.4 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 6 tonnes (5.9 long tons; 6.6 short tons) Boiler pressure 15 kg/cm2 (1,470 kPa; 213 psi) Career DSB Number P901–P933 Locale Denmark The class P was a series of steam locomotives of the Danish State Railways, introduced in 1907. With a wheel arrangement of 4-4-2 (2'B1 in UIC classification), they were well suited to express trains, and were the first steam locomotives in Denmark heavier than 100 tonnes.[1]
Due to shortages of powerful locomotives with low axle load during World War II, seven of the class P locomotives were rebuilt to a 4-6-2 arrangement and designated class PR, starting in 1943. Two of the class P locomotives have been preserved, as well as one unit of class PR.
References
- ^ Jensen, Niels (2001) (in Danish). Danske damplokomotiver. Aschehoug. pp. 55–56. ISBN 87-11-16259-7.
External links
- DSB litra P (II) at Jernbanen.dk
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