Series 1531 - 1536 | TrainsDepot.org

Series 1531 - 1536

Also known as:

Type D-h2

Vehicle type:

Steam locomotive

Registration country:

Romania

Railway companies:

CFR - Caile Ferate Române

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In service:

1914 - 1938

Built by:

Hanomag - Hanover Mechanical engineering

Length over buffers (mm):

18'340 mm

Wheelbase (mm | rigid / total):

4'700 mm

Tare weight (t):

58,0 t

Service weight (t):

64,5 t

Axle load (t):

16,20 t

Cylinders diameter (mm):

500 mm

Pistons stroke (mm):

630 mm

Grate area (m²):

2,630 m²

Heating surface total (m²):

196 m²

Steam pressure (Atm. / bar):

14 bar

Tractive effort (kN / lbf | starting / continuous):

96 kN

Driving wheel diameter (x'xxx,xx | mm | new / worn):

1'350 mm

Maximum speed (km/h):

50 km/h

Train heating (electric / steam):

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1914

The 6x units from this series are delivered by the Hanomag factory in 1914.

Identical in appearance and external dimensions with the G 8.1 steam locomotives of the Prussian State Railway, there are some technical differences like the cylinder diameter of 500 mm instead of 600 mm (which resulted in a decrease in locomotive power) and the absence of the preheater.

At the end, it resulted a light version of the G 8.1 steam locomotive with an axle load of 16 t instead of 17 t.

The price paid at the time: 95.000 LEI / locomotive

Sources: Istoricul tractiunii feroviare din Romania - 1919-1990: Locomotivele cu abur CFR (Serban Lacriteanu, Ilie Popescu - 2007 / ASAB)

1915

In 1915, 15x additional units are ordered that should have been registered 1537 - 1551.

But, as on August 28th, 1916, Germany declares war on Romania, the locomotives have never been delivered and are taken over by the Prussian State Railway where they will be registered as Essen 5726, Münster 5717 - 5726 and Elberfeld 5207 - 5210.

After the war, 30x locomotives of this type are received as war compensation, another 6x units join Romanian Railways fleet of steam locomotives shorty after (as there is no official documentation regarding these 6x units, it is not clear if they are also received or if they are acquired) and 76x new units are acquired between 1921 and 1922. The 112x steam locomotives received after the war will be registered as Class 40.001 - 112.

Sources: Istoricul tractiunii feroviare din Romania - 1919-1990: Locomotivele cu abur CFR (Serban Lacriteanu, Ilie Popescu - 2007 / ASAB)

1933

By 1933, units 1531 and 1536 are removed from service.

Sources: Istoricul tractiunii feroviare din Romania - 1919-1990: Locomotivele cu abur CFR (Serban Lacriteanu, Ilie Popescu - 2007 / ASAB)

1938

The remaining 4x units (registration 1532 - 1535) are scrapped in 1938.

Sources: Istoricul tractiunii feroviare din Romania - 1919-1990: Locomotivele cu abur CFR (Serban Lacriteanu, Ilie Popescu - 2007 / ASAB)

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Latest update on the 10th of July 2021 at 11:57

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