Baden I b explained

Baden I b
DRG Class 88.75
Bgcolor:FFDD00
Color:FF0000
Builder:MBG Karlsruhe
Builddate:1874–1893
Totalproduction:3
Whytetype:0-4-0T
Drgtype:Gt 22.12
Overallwheelbase:2100mm
Over Bufferbeams:6925frac=4NaNfrac=4
Height:3960frac=8NaNfrac=8
Axleload:12.1t
Serviceweight:24.2t
Weightondrivers:24.2t
Fuelcap:700kg (1,500lb) of coal
Watercap:2.25m2
Heatingtubes:125
Heatingtubelength:3140frac=4NaNfrac=4
Boilerpressure:10sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Fireboxarea:0.73m2
Radiativearea:4.95m2
Evaporativearea:46.95m2
Cylindercount:2
Cylindersize:280frac=16NaNfrac=16
Pistonstroke:460frac=16NaNfrac=16
Valvegear:Stephenson
Maxspeed:450NaN0
Retiredate:1926

The Baden Class I b locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways were built for the pontoon bridges from Heidelberg to Speyer. Altogether three of these engines were on duty, of which two had been taken over from the Palatinate Railway in 1874. A third machine was procured directly from the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe in 1893.

All three locomotives were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 88.75. Shortly thereafter they were retired, however, as locomotives of the Bavarian Class D VI took over pontoon bridge operations.

This class should not be confused with the earlier class with the same designation which is usually referred to as the Baden I b (old) to distinguish it.

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