150 Ty2 6690 - Class 52 Steam Locomotive
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General Features
- Construction period : 1943
- Manufacturer : Vienne Floridsdorf (Autriche)
- Number of copies : 7559 machines
- Energy : Coal
- Maximum speed : 80 km/h
- Width: 3,10m
- Length : 22,975 m
- Weight in service : 146.70 (tender and engine)
Acquiring the machine
In 1996, the CFTVA acquired this steam locomotive with the help of the Ministry of Tourism and the Regional Council. It is a 150 Y Type 52 “Decapod”, light (maximum 15.6 tonnes per axle).
Machine history
In 1942, the Deutsche Reichsbahn began the construction of this series of locomotives (“Baureihe” or “BR” 52), of simplified design, without non-ferrous metals and with a closed driver's cab.
From 1942 to 1945, 7,559 so-called “war” locomotives were manufactured by 15 different European manufacturers, including a small part in France in Graffenstaden and numbered 52,001 to 52,7792. They constitute the largest series ever built in the world, and belonged to the railways of 14 countries. At the liberation, in addition to the 17 manufactured in France, the SNCF recovered 25 machines abandoned by the Reichsbahn. These machines constituted, at the SNCF, the 150 Y series. Our machine, the Ty2 n° 6690, left the Austrian factories of Vienna Floridsdorf in 1943, belonged to the “PKP”, the Polish Railways, and there underwent a major overhaul in 1991, in the Olesnica workshops. She was transferred to Arques by barge, via the German, Dutch and Belgian canals, then landed on the quays in front of the Fontinettes boat lift.
More information
Features of the 150 TY2 6690 machine:
| Features | Value |
|---|---|
| Total mass in running order | 86.07t |
| Adhesive mass | 77.4t |
| Mass per driven axle | 15.6 t (most loaded) |
| Minimum radius of inscription in curve | 90m |
| Diameter of cylinders | 0.66m |
| Piston stroke | 0.66m |
| Grid area | 3.9 m2 |
| Total heating surface | 177.6 m2, total superheat area: 63.7 m2 |
| Inside diameter of the boiler | 1.70m |
| Boiler capacity | 8,000 liters |
| Original Boiler Stamp | 16 bar (reduced to 14) |
| Electric lighting | by turbo-dynamo |
| Driving position | right |
Characteristics of the type 32 Y tender, nicknamed “bathtub”:
| Features | Value |
|---|---|
| Empty mass | 18t |
| Water capacity | 30,000 liters |
| Coal Capacity | 9.40t |
| Total mass in running order | 60t |
| Total mass Tender + Locomotive | 146.70t |
| Mass per axle | 15t |
Welded semi-cylindrical water tank, acting as a chassis, allowing an appreciable weight saving of 11 tonnes compared to a classic riveted tender of the same capacity.
It is equipped with a water level indicator, a sheath for large fire tools, a screw handbrake, boxes for tools and cans.
