DRB Class 01.10

DRB Class 01.10
DB Class 011, 012
Preserved 01 1102 with restored streamlining
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBerliner Maschinenbau
Serial number11000, 11308–11361
Build date1939–1940
Total produced55
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-6-2
 • UIC2C1 h3
 • GermanS 36.20
DriverDivided: inside cylinder on 1st,
outside cylinders on 2nd
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Leading dia.1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Driver dia.2,000 mm (6 ft 6+34 in)
Trailing dia.1,250 mm (4 ft 1+14 in)
Tender wheels1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Wheelbase:
 • Axle spacing
(Asymmetrical)
  • 2,200 mm (7 ft 2+58 in) +
  • 1,800 mm (5 ft 10+78 in) +
  • 2,300 mm (7 ft 6+12 in) +
  • 2,300 mm (7 ft 6+12 in) +
  • 3,800 mm (12 ft 5+58 in)
 • Engine12,400 mm (40 ft 8+14 in)
 • Tender6,000 mm (19 ft 8+14 in)
 • incl. tender20,370 mm (66 ft 10 in)
Length:
 • Over headstocks22,830 mm (74 ft 10+34 in)
 • Over buffers24,130 mm (79 ft 2 in)
Axle load20.1 tonnes (19.8 long tons; 22.2 short tons)
Adhesive weight60.2 tonnes (59.2 long tons; 66.4 short tons)
Empty weight103.1 tonnes (101.5 long tons; 113.6 short tons)
Service weight114.3 tonnes (112.5 long tons; 126.0 short tons)
Tender type23 T 38
Fuel capacity10.0 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11.0 short tons) coal or
13,500 L (2,970 imp gal; 3,570 US gal) fuel oil
Water cap.38.0 m3 (8,400 imp gal; 10,000 US gal)
Firebox:
 • Grate area4.32 m2 (46.5 sq ft)
Boiler:
 • Tube plates6,800 mm (267+1116 in)
 • Small tubes70 mm (2+34 in), 106 off
 • Large tubes171 mm (6+34 in), 24 off
Boiler pressure16 bar (16.3 kgf/cm2; 232 psi)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox16.9 m2 (182 sq ft)
 • Tubes147 m2 (1,580 sq ft)
 • Flues83 m2 (890 sq ft)
 • Total surface246.9 m2 (2,658 sq ft)
CylindersThree
Cylinder size500 mm × 660 mm (19+1116 in × 26 in)
Valve gearWalschaerts (Heusinger)
Loco brakeKnorr, single-chamber, compressed air brakes acting on both sides of coupled wheels + compressed air quick-acting brakes on driving and tender wheels
Performance figures
Maximum speed
  • Forwards: 150 or 140 km/h (93 or 87 mph)
  • Reverse: 50 km/h (31 mph)
Indicated power
  • 1,559 kW (2,120 PS; 2,090 hp)
  • 1,728 kW (2,350 PS; 2,320 hp) (coal, with Austausch boiler)
  • 1,817 kW (2,470 PS; 2,440 hp) (oil, with Austausch boiler)
Career
Numbers
  • DRG: 01 1001, 01 1052 – 01 1105
  • DB (from 1968): 011 062-7 ... 011 099-9, 012 001-4, 012 052-7 ... 012 105-3
Retired1975
Disposition10 preserved, remainder scrapped
01 1066 climbing the Schiefe Ebene (37 MB)
012 055-0 light engine at Rheine, August 1973
Preserved 012 100-4 (aka 01 1100) at Flensburg, 2007.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 01.10 was a series of express steam locomotives. Developed at the end of the 1930s it was part of the standard locomotive programme (Einheitsdampflokomotiven). Modernized in the 1950s, the class lasted almost until the end of steam operation at the West German Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB).