Württemberg T 3 DRG Class 89.3-4 Quantity 14 96 Numbers DRG 89 301-311 DRG 89 314–316 DRG 89 312–313 DRG 89 317–410 Manufacturers Maschinenfabrik EsslingenMG Heilbronn, Krauss Entered service 1891–1896 1896–1913 Retired Wheel arrangement 0-6-0 Axle arrangement C n2 Type Gt 33.10 Gt 33.12 Average axle load 10,0 t 12.0 t Length over buffers Driving wheel diameter Top speed Boiler overpressure Cylinder bore Piston stroke Grate area Evaporative heating area Power N.K. Adhesive weight 29,7 t 35.7 t Service weight 29,7 t 35.7 t Brakes N.K:
The Württemberg T 3s were German steam locomotives with the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) delivered between 1891 and 1913.
These tank locomotives were built for hauling goods trains and had three coupled axles but no carrying axles. All 110 examples went into the Deutsche Reichsbahn fleet where they were incorporated as DRG Class 89.3-4 in the numbering plan. By 1945 almost all of them had been retired or transferred to industry.
Three locomotives were rescued from the scrap yard, one of which is being presently restored to operational condition by the Railway Vehicle Preservation Society (Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung von Schienenfahrzeugen).
Württemberg T 3 L DRG Class 89.4 Quantity 4 Number range DRG 89 411 Manufacturers EsslingenHeilbronnKrauss Entered service 1894–1898 Retired Wheel arrangement 0-6-0 Axle arrangement C Average axle load Length over buffers Ø Driving wheel Top speed Boiler overpressure Cylinder bore Piston stroke Grate area Evaporative heating area Power N.K. Adhesive weight Service weight Brakes N.K. The Class T 3 L engines of the Royal Württemberg State Railways were also 0-6-0 tank locomotives and intended for goods train duties. Four examples were built, of which one survived into the Deutsche Reichsbahn fleet and was numbered as 89 411 within Class 89.3-4 of the DRG renumbering plan.
These four 'specials' had a steerable axle and were somewhat longer than the other Württemberg T 3s. They were deployed on the lines from Schiltach to Schramberg and from Waldenburg to Künzelsau, but proved to have very high maintenance costs, with the result that three of them were retired by the Württemberg State Railways. The remaining one was taken over by the Reichsbahn, but was soon taken out of service as well.
See also Royal Württemberg State Railways List of Württemberg locomotives and railbuses
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