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From 1982 the engine was a heating engine. The gear of the middle cylinder was removed at this moment. After acquiring the engine by the BEM in 1992, the gear was rebuild using parts of engine 44 350.
Technical details
Series | 44 |
Set-up | 1'E (2-10-0) |
Length | 22620 mm |
Diameter driving wheels | 1400 mm |
Weight full | 110 ton |
Overheated area | 100 m2 |
Grate area | 5 m2 |
Gear | Heusinger |
Cilinders | 3: 550x660 mm |
Fuel capacity | coal: 10 ton |
Water capacity | 32 m3 |
Power | 1910 pki |
Remarks | Engines for work on freight trains in the mountains. The first were build in 1926. The last in 1949. In total 1989 engines were build. Many engines continued their work outsite Germany after WW II. |
History
Date | Event | Owner | Series | Identification |
---|---|---|---|---|
1941 | Build for | Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft | DRG 44 | / 44 546 |
1945 | Take over by | Deutsche Reichsbahn | DR 44 | / 44 546 |
1977 | Renumbered by | Deutsche Reichsbahn | DR 44 | / 44 0546-0 |
1982 | Renumbered by | Deutsche Reichsbahn | DR 44 | / 44 2546-8 |
1992 | Renumbered by | Deutsche Reichsbahn | DR 44 | / 044 546-0 |
1992 | Sold to | Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum Nördlingen | DB 44 | / 44 2546-8 |
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