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Underframe of a passenger train steam locomotive, Class 3.1, 1:5 scale model Passenger train steam locomotive, Class 3.1

German Museum of Technology

German Museum of Technology
Berlin, Germany

In the last decades of the 19th century, the design of a passenger train locomotive that included a leading axle and two driven axles was widely adopted. One of these, the "Ruhr-Sieg railway type" of the Bergisch-Märkischen Railway, was in 1884 further developed into the Prussian Class P 3.1 with two cylinders and internal Allan valve gear. 617 of these models were built by 1897. It could achieve a speed of 80 km/h on a level track when pulling a 185-ton load. Its use was discontinued around 1923. This model was produced by the Witten Main Workshop in 1905.

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  • Title: Underframe of a passenger train steam locomotive, Class 3.1, 1:5 scale model Passenger train steam locomotive, Class 3.1
  • Creator: Clemens Kirchner
  • Type: Model of a steam locomotive
  • Rights: © SDTB / Photo: C. Kirchner
  • External Link: Museum Digital
  • Width: 600 mm
  • Manufacturer: Eisenbahn-Hauptwerkstätte Witten
  • Manufactured in: Witten, Germany
  • Length: 1800 mm
  • Height: 380 mm
  • Date of manufacture: 1905
German Museum of Technology

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