Prussian T 11
| Prussian T 11 DRG Class 74.0–3 PKP Class OKi 1 |
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| Number(s) | DRG 74 001–358 |
| Quantity | 470 |
| Manufacturer | Union, Borsig |
| Year(s) of manufacture | 1903–1910 |
| Retired | 1974 |
| Wheel arrangement | 2-6-0T |
| Axle arrangement | 1′C n2t |
| Type | Pt 34.16 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Length over buffers | 11,190 mm (36 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Height | 4,200 mm (13 ft 9 3⁄8 in) |
| Wheelbase | 3,850 mm (12 ft 7 5⁄8 in) |
| Overall wheelbase | 6,350 mm (20 ft 10 in) |
| Service weight | 62.3 tonnes (61.3 long tons; 68.7 short tons) |
| Adhesive weight | 47.4 tonnes (46.7 long tons; 52.2 short tons) |
| Axle load | 16.0 tonnes (15.7 long tons; 17.6 short tons) |
| Top speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
| Indicated Power | 382 kW (519 PS; 512 hp) |
| Driving wheel diameter | 1,500 mm (4 ft 11 in) |
| Leading wheel diameter | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
| Valve gear | Outside Walschaerts (Heusinger) |
| No. of cylinders | 2 |
| Cylinder bore | 480 mm (18 7⁄8 in) |
| Piston stroke | 630 mm (25 in) |
| Boiler Overpressure | 12 bar (1.20 MPa; 174 psi) |
| Heating tube length | 4,000 mm (13 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Grate area | 1.73 m2 (18.6 sq ft) |
| Evaporative heating area | 116.40 m2 (1,252.9 sq ft) |
| Water capacity | 7,400 litres (1,600 imp gal; 2,000 US gal) |
| Fuel | Coal: 2.5 m3 (88 cu ft) |
| Brakes | Knorr compressed-air brake |
| Parking brake | Exter counterweight brake |
The Prussian Class T 11 were passenger tank locomotives produced between 1903 and 1910 in the service of the Prussian state railways for duties on the Berlin Stadtbahn.
470 engines of this type were procured between 1903 and 1910 for duties on the Berlin Stadtbahn. Like the superheated locomotive, the Prussian T 12, the T 11 evolved from the T 9.3 in order to replace the older, four-coupled tank engines. Construction of the T 11 was ceased in 1910 in favour of the more economical T 12.
In 1923, 16 engines were fitted with a superheater, but they retained their existing running numbers.
In 1925, the Deutsche Reichsbahn took over the 358 remaining locomotives as DRG Class 74.0–3, allocating them the numbers 74 001–358.
The locomotives were employed together with the T 12s especially on the Berlin Stadtbahn until its electrification in 1926–1933; as a result they had direction plates (Richtungsschilder) on their smokebox and coal tanks. But they were also used in suburban services for other cities such as Frankfurt, Hamburg and Altona.
At the end of World War II there were still 120 examples of these engines in service, 65 with the Deutsche Bundesbahn and 55 with the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) in East Germany. The majority of T 11s were retired by 1960; but two engines (74 231 und 74 240) continued to work the Erfurt industrial railway until 1974.
Two locomotives have been preserved: 74 104 and 74 231. The former was left in Poland after the Second World War where this class was designated as PKP Class OKi1. The second was restored in 1998/99 in the Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works for the Minden Museum Railway and has been working since 2000. It is the former Hannover 7512.
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