DRB Class 50

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-10-0
• UIC	1′E h2
• German	G 56.15
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Leading dia.	0,850 mm (33+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,400 mm (55+1⁄8 in)
Tender wheels	1,000 mm (39+3⁄8 in)
Wheelbase:
• Axle spacing; (Asymmetrical)	2,600 mm (8 ft 6+3⁄8 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) =;
• Engine	9,200 mm (30 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
• Tender	1,900 mm (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) +; 1,900 mm (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) +; 1,900 mm (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) =; 5,700 mm (18 ft 8+3⁄8 in);
• incl. tender	18,890 mm (61 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
Length:;
• Over headstocks	21,640 mm (71 ft 0 in)
• Over buffers	22,940 mm (75 ft 3+1⁄8 in)
Height	4,500 mm (14 ft 9+1⁄8 in)
Axle load	15.3 t (15.1 long tons; 16.9 short tons)
Adhesive weight	76.6 t (75.4 long tons; 84.4 short tons)
Empty weight	78.6 t (77.4 long tons; 86.6 short tons)
Service weight	88.1 t (86.7 long tons; 97.1 short tons)
Tender type	2′2′ T 26
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	8 t (7.9 long tons; 8.8 short tons)
Water cap.	26 m3 (5,720 imp gal; 6,870 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	3.9 m2 (42 sq ft)
Boiler:;
• Pitch	3,050 mm (10 ft 1⁄8 in)
• Tube plates	5,200 mm (17 ft 3⁄4 in)
• Small tubes	54 mm (2+1⁄8 in), 113 off
• Large tubes	133 mm (5+1⁄4 in), 35 off
Boiler pressure	16 bar (16.3 kgf/cm2; 232 psi)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	15.9 m2 (171 sq ft)
• Tubes	90.4 m2 (973 sq ft)
• Flues	71.3 m2 (767 sq ft)
• Total surface	177.6 m2 (1,912 sq ft)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	64.1 m2 (690 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	600 mm × 660 mm (23+5⁄8 in × 26 in)
Valve gear	Heusinger (Walschaerts) with lifting links
Train heating	Steam

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Henschel & Sohn (650); Berliner Maschinenbau (370); Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf (368); Krupp (324); Krauss-Maffei (317); Borsig (179); Maschienenbau und Bahnbedarf AG (170); Schichau-Werke (135); Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik (105); Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (69); Škoda Works (140); ČKD (35); Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (72); Ostrowiece (26); SA des Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut (24); SA la Métallurgique, Tubize (38); John Cockerill (42); Ateliers de construction de La Meuse (26); Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre (28); Anglo-Franco-Belge (26); SA l'Énergie (16);
Build date	1939–1948
Total produced	3160

DRB Class 50
DRB Class 50
	Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) 052 740-8 in Mayen, May 2006
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Henschel & Sohn (650); Berliner Maschinenbau (370); Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf (368); Krupp (324); Krauss-Maffei (317); Borsig (179); Maschienenbau und Bahnbedarf AG (170); Schichau-Werke (135); Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik (105); Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (69); Škoda Works (140); ČKD (35); Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (72); Ostrowiece (26); SA des Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut (24); SA la Métallurgique, Tubize (38); John Cockerill (42); Ateliers de construction de La Meuse (26); Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre (28); Anglo-Franco-Belge (26); SA l'Énergie (16);
Build date	1939–1948
Total produced	3160
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-10-0
• UIC	1′E h2
• German	G 56.15
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Leading dia.	0,850 mm (33+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,400 mm (55+1⁄8 in)
Tender wheels	1,000 mm (39+3⁄8 in)
Wheelbase:
• Axle spacing; (Asymmetrical)	2,600 mm (8 ft 6+3⁄8 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) +; 1,650 mm (5 ft 5 in) =;
• Engine	9,200 mm (30 ft 2+1⁄4 in)
• Tender	1,900 mm (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) +; 1,900 mm (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) +; 1,900 mm (6 ft 2+3⁄4 in) =; 5,700 mm (18 ft 8+3⁄8 in);
• incl. tender	18,890 mm (61 ft 11+3⁄4 in)
Length:;
• Over headstocks	21,640 mm (71 ft 0 in)
• Over buffers	22,940 mm (75 ft 3+1⁄8 in)
Height	4,500 mm (14 ft 9+1⁄8 in)
Axle load	15.3 t (15.1 long tons; 16.9 short tons)
Adhesive weight	76.6 t (75.4 long tons; 84.4 short tons)
Empty weight	78.6 t (77.4 long tons; 86.6 short tons)
Service weight	88.1 t (86.7 long tons; 97.1 short tons)
Tender type	2′2′ T 26
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	8 t (7.9 long tons; 8.8 short tons)
Water cap.	26 m3 (5,720 imp gal; 6,870 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	3.9 m2 (42 sq ft)
Boiler:;
• Pitch	3,050 mm (10 ft 1⁄8 in)
• Tube plates	5,200 mm (17 ft 3⁄4 in)
• Small tubes	54 mm (2+1⁄8 in), 113 off
• Large tubes	133 mm (5+1⁄4 in), 35 off
Boiler pressure	16 bar (16.3 kgf/cm2; 232 psi)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	15.9 m2 (171 sq ft)
• Tubes	90.4 m2 (973 sq ft)
• Flues	71.3 m2 (767 sq ft)
• Total surface	177.6 m2 (1,912 sq ft)
Superheater:;
• Heating area	64.1 m2 (690 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	600 mm × 660 mm (23+5⁄8 in × 26 in)
Valve gear	Heusinger (Walschaerts) with lifting links
Train heating	Steam
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph) (both directions)
Indicated power	1,625 PS (1,200 kW; 1,600 hp)
Numbers
Career
Numbers	50 001 – 50 3171 with gaps
Retired	1987

The DRB Class 50 is a German class of 2-10-0 locomotive, built from 1939 as a standard locomotive (Einheitsdampflokomotive) for hauling goods trains. It had one leading axle and five coupled axles and was one of the most successful designs produced for the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

This class was procured as part of the German Nazi party's preparations for war that led into the Second World War. Up to 1948, 3,164 Class 50 engines were built by almost all the European locomotive factories – towards the end as so-called provisional war locomotives (Übergangskriegslokomotiven) and classified as 50 ÜK.

At the end of the steam locomotive era, they became virtually a universal class of mixed-traffic steam engine that, thanks to their low axle load, could even be employed on branch lines with light track beds. The Deutsche Bundesbahn grouped the locomotives into Classes 050, 051, 052 and 053 from 1968 so that the numbers were computer-compatible.

Some of the class were used by the Polish State Railways as type Ty5.

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