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Steamy DRG BR 64 518

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DRG Class 64
BR 64 518

Type: German Passenger Train Tank Engine
Producer: Arn. Jung, Lokomotivfabrik, Jugenthal, Germany
Numeration: DRG 64 001-520
Number photo-train: DRG 64 518
Fabrication No. photo-train: 9268
Building year photo-train: 1940
Quantity: 520 (built) ~20 (preserved 2010)
Manufacturing years: 1928-1940
Rejection/Retired: 1975
Wheel arrangement US: 2-6-2
Axle arrangement German: 1’C1’h2t
Gauge: 1.435 meters
Length over buffers: 12.4 meters
Service weight: 74.9 tons (001-510) 75.2 tons (511-520)
Empty weight: 58.5 tons
Adhesive weight: 45.5 tons
Axle load: 15.3 tons
Top Speed: 90 kph (for-/backward)
Driving wheel diameter: 1500 mm
Leading wheel diameter: 850 mm
Trailing wheel diameter: 850 mm
Induced Power: 950 PSi
Number of cylinders: 2
Cylinder bore: 500 mm
Piston stroke: 660 mm
Boiler Overpressure: 14 bar
Grate area: 2.04 m2
Superheater area: 37.34 m2
Evaporative heating area: 104.48 m2
Water capacity: 9 m3
Fuel capacity: 3 tons coal

Former Operators: Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR), Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Operator (2010): Verein Hitorischer Eisenbahnen Emmental (VHE)
Owner (2010): Verein Hitorischer Eisenbahnen Emmental (VHE)
Home (2010): Train depot Huttwil, Switzerland

Train History: DRG 64 518
1941 Bringing into service by DR at Bw Weiden
1943 Bw Passau
1946 Bw Landshut
1946 Bw Kirchenlaibach
1949 Bw Plattling
1950 Bw Rosenhein
1950 Bw Murnau
1950 Bw Rosenheim
1961 Bw Tübingen
1972 Retired by DB
1972 Sold to EUROVAPOR, rests in Tübingen
1980 Transfer to Huttwil, reconditioning
1981 Service for Steamride, at Rails from EBT/VHB/SMB
1998 Transfer into posession of VDB
2005 VDB changes into VHE

Location: Thun, Switzerland

Note: on our Route to the Steam Festival Interlaken BR 64 518 had to get two times water, the second stop was at Thun so we had the chance to go out on th platform and take some picture, the trip was great although the weather wasn't at it's best. On the Left side you can see a Ae 6/6 in the background.
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866x1300px 272.1 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D80
Shutter Speed
1/200 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
28 mm
ISO Speed
1600
Date Taken
May 15, 2010, 10:39:21 AM
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