Bavarian C IV explained

C IV Zwilling
(two-cylinder simple)
DRG Class 53.80
Bgcolor:0081FF
Color:FFF
Builddate:1884–1892
Totalproduction:87
Whytetype:0-6-0
Driverdiameter:1340frac=8NaNfrac=8
Wheelbasewithtender:10300frac=4NaNfrac=4
Over Bufferbeams:14600frac=4NaNfrac=4
Axleload:13.3t
Serviceweight:40t
Weightondrivers:40t
Tenderweight:27.2t
Tendertype:3 T 10.2
Fuelcap:5000kg (11,000lb) coal
Watercap:10.2m2
Boilerpressure:11sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Fireboxarea:1.67m²
Evaporativearea:111.8m²
Cylindercount:2, simple
Cylindersize:486frac=16NaNfrac=16
Pistonstroke:630frac=16NaNfrac=16
Valvegear:Allan, inside
Maxspeed:500NaN0
Retiredate:by 1926
C IV Verbund
(two-cylinder compound)
DRG Class 53.80–81
Bgcolor:0081FF
Color:FFF
Builddate:1889–1897
Totalproduction:100
Whytetype:0-6-0
Driverdiameter:1340frac=8NaNfrac=8
Tenderweight:27.5t
Tendertype:3 T 10.5
Fuelcap:5000kg (11,000lb) coal
Watercap:10.5m2
Fireboxarea:1.67m²
Evaporativearea:111.8m²
Cylindercount:2, compound
Pistonstroke:630frac=16NaNfrac=16
Lpcylindersize:705frac=16NaNfrac=16
Valvegear:Allan, inside
Maxspeed:500NaN0
Retiredate:by 1931

The C IV was a steam locomotive, built for goods train duties, that was manufactured between 1884 and 1897 for the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn).

Description

Between 1884 and 1893 a total of 87 units two-cylinder, saturated steam engines were delivered. They were followed by two compound engines in 1889 for testing and then 98 more compounds from 1892 to 1897. The locomotives, which for the first time did not have the external frames typical in Bavaria up to that time, were soon no longer equal to the growing demands made on them. In spite of that, many were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, designated as Class 53.80-81 and allocated the operating numbers 53 8011 to 8064 and 53 8081 to 8168. The two-cylinder engines were equipped with a Bavarian Class 3 T 10.2 tender; they were all retired by 1926. The compound variants had a Class 3 T 10.5 tender; they were taken out of service by 1931.

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