Prussian G 4.1

Prussian G 4.1 DRG Class 53.76
Number(s)	DRG 53 7601–7617
Quantity	165
Year(s) of manufacture	1884–1901
Wheel arrangement	0-6-0
Axle arrangement	C n2
Length over buffers	15,508 mm
Service weight	40.4 t
Adhesive weight	40.4 t
Axle load	13.47 t
Top speed	45 km/h
Driving wheel diameter	1,340 mm
No. of cylinders	2
Cylinder bore	450 mm
Piston stroke	630 mm
Boiler Overpressure	12 bar
Grate area	1.53 m²
Evaporative heating area	116.00 m²
Tender	3 T 12

The Prussian Class G 4 were German, six-coupled, goods train, steam locomotives with a boiler pressure of 12 bar, built primarily for the Prussian state railways. Classified by the state railway in 1905, they included 16 locomotives from the railway division of Mainz, that originally came from the Hessian Ludwigsbahn. These earlier locomotives were delivered between 1872 and 1896 and did not meet the Prussian norms.

The later G 4.1 engines were an evolutionary development of the Prussian G 3, but their higher boiler pressure enable a significant increase in power to be achieved. Between 1884 and 1901 some 165 G 4.1 locomotives were delivered; in addition there were numerous conversions of locomotives which originally had a 10 bar boiler pressure. However, not all of them were designated as G 4 engines.

In 1923 the Deutsche Reichsbahn planned to incorporate 92 of these locomotives in its renumbering plan as 53 7601 - 7692. But by 1925 only locomotive numbers 53 7601 - 7617 were included. They were retired by 1930.

The Lübeck-Büchen Railway (LBE) also owned two locomotives of this class, built in 1892 and 1893, but they classified them as G 3s and had retired them by 1923.

The Class G 4.1 engines were coupled to Prussian pr 3 T 12 tenders.

See also

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses
• List of Prussian locomotives and railbuses

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany