Steam Locomotive G 4/5 H K.Bay.Sts.B.
Road no.: 5617
Delivery date: Q II 2012
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- Extra mounted steps
- True-to-scale axle box cover
- Close-coupling
- True-to-scale underframe
- Extra mounted metal handrails
- Fully functionning drive train
- Tender body, boiler and chassis in die-cast zinc
- Epoch-typical light
Year of construction: 1916
Lenght: 18,25 m
Velocity: 60 km/h
Service weight: 76,6 t
PS: 1340
kW: 985,57
From 1915 onwards, Maffei started manufacturing G 4/5 H class locomotives. This locomotive was the largest, most powerful and most modern German locomotive with this wheel arrangement. The G 4/5 H corresponded to the Maffei construction principles. It had a slanting four-cylinder engine combined with a filigree underframe. The boiler, which operated on the basis of the relatively new superheated steam process that was developed by Schmitt, was extremely efficient. Thanks to the balanced four-cylinder engine, a maximum speed of 60 km/h could easily be attained despite the compact 1,270 mm size of the driver wheels. The locomotive had considerable tractive power and was able to pull 1,000 t on an 11 % incline at 18 km/h.
