Bavarian Gt 2×4/4

The Bavarian Class Gt 2×4/4 (bayerische Gt 2x4/4) engine of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen or K.Bay.Sts.B.), was a heavy goods train tank locomotive of the Mallet type. It was later designated the DRG Class 96 (Baureihe 96) by the DRG, DB and DR.

Bavarian Gt 2×4/4
DRG Class 960
DR Class 960
Number(s):K.Bay.Sts.B.: 5751–5765
DRG: 96 001–96 015
K.Bay.Sts.B.: 5766–5775
DRG: 96 016–96 025 1
Quantity:1510
Manufacturer:Maffei
Year(s) of manufacture:1913/19141922/1923
Retired:1936, 1940, 1944 - 1948, 1954
Wheel arrangement (Whyte):0-8-8-0
Axle arrangement (UIC):D'D h4vt
Sub-class:Gt 88.15Gt 88.16
Track gauge:1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Length over couplers:16,900 mm17,100 mm
Length over buffers:17,500 mm17,700 mm
Height:4.65 m4.55 m
Width:3.15 m
Bogie wheelbase:1,500 mm
Wheelbase:4,500 mm
Overall wheelbase:12,200 mm
Minimum curve:180 m
Empty weight:99.4 t105.4 t
Service weight:123.2 t131.1 t
Adhesive weight:123.2 t131.1 t
Axle load:15,4 t16,4 t
Top speed:50 km/h, 40 km/h on 25‰ incline
Indicated power:1,470 PSi
(1,081 kW)
1,630 PSi
(1,199 kW)
Coupled wheel diameter:1,216 mm
Valve gear:Walschaerts (Heusinger)
No. of cylinders:4 (2 LP / 2 HP)
LP cylinder bore:800 mm
HP cylinder bore:520 mm600 mm
Piston stroke:640 mm
Boiler:2,46 m³ steam
8.43 m³ water
2.46 m³ steam
8.21 m³ Water
Boiler overpressure:15 bar
No. of heating tubes:213218
147 (after rebuild)
No. of smoke tubes:2434
Heating tube length:5.075 m
Grate area:4.25 m2
Radiative heating area:14.75 m214.65 m2
Tube heating area:216,14 m2185.78 m2
Superheater area:55.39 m265.37 m2
Evaporative heating area:230.89 m2200.43 m2
Water capacity:11 m³12.3 m³
Fuel:4 t coal, 4,5 t (rebuild)5 t coal
Brakes:Westinghouse compressed-air double brake
Auxiliary brake:Riggenbach counter-pressure brake
Remarks:1 techn. data after rebuild 1925/1926 (Serie 2)
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