DRG Class 80

The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitsloks) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were intended to replace the aging state railway line engines on shunting duties at large stations.

DRG Class 80
80 013 in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, June 2006
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Hohenzollern (22) Union (7) Wolf (5) Jung (5) Build date 1927–1928 Total produced 39
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0T  • UIC C h2t  • German Gt 33.17 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+1⁄4 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Axle spacing (Asymmetrical) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) + 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) =  • Engine 3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in) Length: ​  • Over headstocks 8,370 mm (27 ft 5+1⁄2 in)  • Over buffers 9,670 mm (31 ft 8+3⁄4 in) Height 4,165 mm (13 ft 8 in) Axle load 18.1 t (17.8 long tons; 20.0 short tons) Adhesive weight 54.4 t (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons) Empty weight 44.3 t (43.6 long tons; 48.8 short tons) Service weight 54.4 t (53.5 long tons; 60.0 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2.0 t (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons) Water cap. 5 m3 (1,100 imp gal; 1,320 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 1.52 m2 (16.4 sq ft) Boiler: ​  • Pitch 2,700 mm (8 ft 10+1⁄4 in)  • Tube plates 2,500 mm (8 ft 2+3⁄8 in)  • Small tubes 44.5 mm (1+3⁄4 in), 114 off  • Large tubes 118 mm (4+5⁄8 in), 32 off Boiler pressure 14 bar (14.3 kgf/cm2; 203 psi) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 6.60 m2 (71.0 sq ft)  • Tubes 35.37 m2 (380.7 sq ft)  • Flues 27.65 m2 (297.6 sq ft)  • Total surface 69.62 m2 (749.4 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 25.50 m2 (274.5 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 450 mm × 550 mm (17+11⁄16 in × 21+5⁄8 in) Parking brake K-GP mZ counterweight handbrake
Performance figures Maximum speed 45 km/h (28 mph) Indicated power 575 PS (423 kW; 567 hp) Brakeforce Direct-release Knorr compressed-air brakes
Career Operators Deutsche Reichsbahn Numbers 80 001 – 80 039 Retired 1977 Disposition Seven preserved, remainder scrapped

History

39 examples were built in 1927 and 1928 at the locomotive factories of Jung in Jungenthal, Union Gießerei in Königsberg, Wolf and Hohenzollern. With the development of the Class 80, a relatively economical and simple design, it was hoped that the cost of shunting duties would come down.

Prior to the Second World War they worked primarily in the area of Leipzig (including the shunting of post vans) and Cologne. After 1945 22 were sent to the DR in East Germany and 17 to the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They were in service with the DR until 1968.

The last Bundesbahn engine was withdrawn in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1965. Several examples survived in the Ruhrgebiet until 1977 as industrial locomotives with the Ruhrkohle AG.

Preserved examples

80 039 with its Hamm Museum Railway train near Uentrop

Seven of the class have been preserved:

• 80 009 is privately owned by Peter Haschke, and stands in his garden.
• 80 013 (Hagans factory no. 1227, 1927) is non-operational at the German Steam Locomotive Museum in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg.^[1]
• 80 014 has been cosmetically restored and currently at the South German Railway Museum, Heilbronn (Süddeutsches Eisenbahnmuseum Heilbronn).
• 80 023 has belonged to the Dresden Transport Museum since 1981. It is maintained by IG Bahnbetriebswerk Dresden-Altstadt in the Dresden-Altstadt shed.
• 80 030, in photo-livery at the Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum.
• 80 036 of the Dutch Steam Locomotive Union Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij is currently undergoing a major overhaul and will be back in service for heritage trips.
• 80 039 is in working condition for use on specials by the Hamm Museum Railway.

Culture

During production of Thomas & Friends, a model of DRG Class 80 number 80031 was photographed in several behind the scenes images, but rarely appeared onscreen and was later used for scrap parts. The scrap model was rendered in CGI for the 2012 special Blue Mountain Mystery.

In Tugs, Puffa is based on a DRG Class 80, but with parts of an American engine added.

See also

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses