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The story of 78 468 can be traced back to a very
successful 1912 design by the firm Vulcan-Werft
AG in Stettin (today's Szczecin, in Poland).
Although the design was conceived for light and
fast traffic on the nearby island of Rügen, the
locos were soon put to use on heavy commuter
traffic in various conur-bations. This was
thanks to the good acceleration and equally
capable speed running in both directions. Our 78
468 was built in 1923 by Henschel and Son in
Kassel, and started service with the Reichsbahn
on 24 January 1924 in Gleiwitz (Gliwice in
Poland). In 1944 she transferred to the
Wuppertal, first to Hagen-Eckesey and, in 1956,
to Vohwinkel. In the same year, she was equipped
with apparatus enabling her to work push-pull
trains. She stayed around the Wuppertal for 22
years, serving Nordrhein-Westfalen. But from the
end of 1966 until her retirement on 10 July 1969
she was in Hamburg, also on push-pull services.
Luckily she escaped the cutter's torch and went
to the Hamburg History Museum. Her exterior was
renovated but she was not maintained in
serviceable condition. In 1998, Historische
Eisenbahn Oberhausen acquired her from Deutsche
Bahn AG, which had already sent her to the steam
loco repair shops in Meiningen for a complete
inspection. As a result of financial support,
she became the property of Oberhausen local
authority in the Ruhr and was employed by the
Emscher Park Eisenbahngesellschaft (EPEG) for
use on tourist trains in Nordrhein-Westfalen. At
the end of 2007, EPEG asked us if we saw the
possibility of using her jointly. In 2008 we
took over responsibility and a diesel loco
hauled 78 468 into our workshops in January.
Following extensive work on her boiler and
running gear she passed her inpsection and,
since the summer of 2008, has once again become
operational on special trains.
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Type:
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Pt 37.17 |
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Manufacturer:
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Henschel & Sohn,
Kassel |
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Production No:
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20166 |
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Year:
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1923 |
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Lenght over
buffers: ........ |
14.800 mm |
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Total weight:
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105,0 t |
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Boiler pressure: ................ |
12 kp/cm² |
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Driving-wheel-diameter: .. |
1.650 mm |
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Power (at
cylinder): .......... |
1.140 ihp |
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Maximum speed:
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100 km/h |
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Coal supply:
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4,5 t |
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Water supply:
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12 m³ |
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