56301 to 56388
- Axle: 1'E
- Total quantity: 88
- First year: 1947/49
- Manufacturer: Vulcan Foundry (Wilkes Barrie)
- Often refered as "Skyliners"
Departing from their usual suppliers, TCDD ordered these Decapods in the USA after the war. The 56301 have the largest boiler and the largest firebox of all TCDD steam engines. The 5,37 m2 grate is mechanically stocked again a unique case for TCDD.
Works Numbers
TCDD nbr. | Manuf. nbr. |
56301-21 | 4790-4810 |
56322-25 | 4831-4834 |
56326-62 | 4841-4877 |
56363-82 | 4811-4830 |
56383-88 | 4835-4840 |
Pictures
56383 Ankara Depot. 19th August 1955. Photo Alan Swale
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56346 in Eskişehir Works. 19th April 1956. Photo Alan Swale
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56333 (Vulcan Iron Works 1948/4848), Kayseri 2nd May 1974. Photo Benno Bickel
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56380 leaving Çankırı. 30 March 1974. Photo Robin Lush
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56337 Çamlık museum, 1995, photo Peter Crush
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56375,Çamlik Museum, August 1996. Photo JP Charrey
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Engine main characteristics
Engine
Engine axle type | 1'E |
Driving wheel dia | 1450 mm |
Front bissel wheel dia | 914 mm |
Number of cylinder | 2 |
Cylinder diameter | 599 mm |
Piston stroke | 711 mm |
Boiler pressure | 17,6 bar |
Grate surface | 5,37 m2 |
Boiler pipe length | 5,519 m |
Heating surface | 247,1 m2 |
Superheating surface | 81,3 m2 |
Fixed wheel base length | 5,106 m |
Coupled wheel base length | 6,808 m |
Overall wheel base | 9,5 m |
Weight empty | 101,9 T |
Weight loaded | 110,6 T |
Adhesion weight | 98,9 T |
Load per driving wheel | 19,8 T |
Max speed | 70 km/h |
Tractive effort | 23,2 T |
Power (HP) | 2350 HP |
Tender
Tender axle type | 2'2' |
Tender water capacity | 30,2 m3 |
Tender coal capacity | 12,7 T |
Tender weight empty | 32,7 T |
Tender weight loaded | 75,6 T |
Engine + Tender
Loc + tender length | 21,875 m |
Loc + tender weight | 186,2 T |
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