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Palatine G 3/3
DRG Class 53

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Maffei
Serial number	4543–4546
Build date	1914
Total produced	4

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
• UIC	C n2v
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,300 mm (4 ft 3+1⁄8 in)
Wheelbase:
• Coupled	3,270 mm (10 ft 8+3⁄4 in)
• Tender	2,896 mm (9 ft 6 in)
• incl. tender	10,826 mm (35 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
Length:
• Over buffers	14,835 mm (48 ft 8 in)
Axle load	16.8 tonnes (16.5 long tons; 18.5 short tons)
Adhesive weight	50.6 tonnes (49.8 long tons; 55.8 short tons)
Service weight	50.6 tonnes (49.8 long tons; 55.8 short tons)
Tender type	2 T 8,2
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	4.8 tonnes (4.7 long tons; 5.3 short tons)
Water cap.	8.2 m (1,800 imp gal; 2,200 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	2.2 m (24 sq ft)
Boiler:
• Pitch	c. 2,600 mm (8 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
• Tube plates	3,450 mm (11 ft 3+3⁄4 in)
• Small tubes	50 mm (1+15⁄16 in)
Boiler pressure	15 bar (15.3 kgf/cm; 218 psi)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	10.4 m (112 sq ft)
• Tubes	118.7 m (1,278 sq ft)
• Total surface	129.1 m (1,390 sq ft)
Cylinders	2 (compound)
High-pressure cylinder	490 mm × 635 mm (19+5⁄16 in × 25 in)
Low-pressure cylinder	730 mm × 635 mm (28+3⁄4 in × 25 in)
Valve gear	Heusinger valve gear

Performance figures
Maximum speed	45 km/h (28 mph)

Career
Numbers	Pfalz: 1–4 DRG 53 501 – 53 504
First run	1919
Retired	October 1924
Disposition	All scrapped

The Palatine G 3/3 was a steam-driven, goods train, tender locomotive on the Palatinate network of the Royal Bavarian State Railways.

Description

The four steam engines originally ordered for the ONCF in Morocco were procured in 1919 by Palatine Railways from the firm of Maffei. They stood out at that time because of their high boiler location and a high axle load. Two of these engines had steel fireboxes. As a result of their unusual design they could not be deployed with other engines which led, in 1924, to their early retirement, although they were incorporated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in their first renumbering plan in 1923, being provisionally allocated operating numbers 53 501–504.

References

Lothar Spielhoff (1995) , Länderbahn-Dampflokomotiven (in German), vol. Band 2. Baden, Bayern, Pfalz und Württemberg, Augsburg: Weltbild, p. 88, ISBN 3-89350-819-8

Schnabel, Heinz (1987). Eisenbahn-Fahrzeug-Archiv Band 2.5: Lokomotiven bayerischer Eisenbahnen (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba Publikation Alf Teloeken GmbH + Co KG. pp. 276–277, 386. ISBN 3-87094-105-7.

v t e Classes of Palatine locomotive and railcars
Early locomotives	Nos. 1–8 Nos. 9–20 No. 21	Arms of the Palatinate
Passenger and express train locomotives	Nos. 26–63 P 1.I P 1.II P 1.III P 2.I P 3.I P 3.II P 4 S 3/6
Goods train locomotives	G 1.I G 1.II G 1.III G 1.IV G 2.I G 2.II G 3 G 4.I G 4.II G 4.III G 5 G 3/3
Tank locomotives	70–73 P 2.II P 5 T 1 T 2.I T 2.II T 3 T 4.I T 4.II T 5 D VIII Pt 3/6 R 4/4
Narrow gauge locomotives	L 1 L 2 Pts 2/2 Pts 3/3 N Pts 3/3 H
Railbuses	Nos. I-II No. III MC MBCC MBCL
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