Württemberg T 3 Explained

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 Esslingen MG Heilbronn, Krauss
Entered service	1891–1896	1896–1913
Retired
	0-6-0
	C n2
	Gt 33.10	Gt 33.12
	10,0 t	12.0 t
	8505frac=4NaNfrac=4
Driving wheel diameter	1045frac=4NaNfrac=4
Top speed	450NaN0
	12sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Cylinder bore	380frac=16NaNfrac=16
	540frac=16NaNfrac=16
Grate area	1m2
Evaporative heating area	63.9m2
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	Esslingen Heilbronn Krauss
Entered service	1894–1898
Retired
	0-6-0
	C

	8920frac=8NaNfrac=8
	1045frac=4NaNfrac=4
Top speed	450NaN0
	12sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3
Cylinder bore	380frac=16NaNfrac=16
	540frac=16NaNfrac=16
Grate area	1m2
Evaporative heating area	63.9m2
Power	N.K.

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.

Württemberg T 3 Explained

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