TKh17
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KFNB No. 46 (StEG
2704/1898), the last engine of this type built in the ‘heavier’ version.
Later 66.12 and subsequently 314.311, it was withdrawn in April 1966 and then
for some time served as a stationary boiler. Source: www.en.wikipedia.org.
The sole surviving 314.303 (ex kkStB 66.03, StEG
2695/1898), location and date unknown. Photo by Igor Matiovsky
(source: www.parniloko.wz.cz, used
by permission).
Side drawing of ČSD
class 314.3; source: EZ
vol. 1.
TKh17-3 (ex kkStB 66.19, StEG
2967/1901), photographed on a bridge between Moszczenica
and Zebrzydowice, date unknown. This locomotive was
withdrawn in June 1937, but fell into Soviet hands. Taken over by DRG and re-numbered 89 8105, it was impressed into ČD
in 1945, to be returned in April 1948 and again re-numbered TKh17-4;
withdrawal date is unknown. Source: National Digital
Archives (used by permission).
ČSD 314.303 again, this time photographed at the railway
museum in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Photo taken on August 13, 2013, by Jan Polák
(source: www.commons.wikimedia.org).
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Between
1898 and 1908 StEG built 37 class X
switchers with 0-3-0 axle arrangement for the Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn (KFNB). Originally numbered 35
through 71, they were delivered in three batches. The first one numbered twelve
engines, built in 1898. They featured smoke tubes 3250 mm in length, 1.6 sq.m grate and maximum axle load of 14.2 tonnes. Second batch comprised four engines delivered in
1899 and six in 1901. In order to reduce weight and axle load, smoke tubes
were shortened to 2915 mm and grate was reduced in size to 1.4 sq.m, maximum axle load being 13 tonnes.
Water capacity was reduced by 0.4 cu.m and overall
length by 500 mm. Third batch differed from the second one in minor details
and consisted of six engines built in 1906, four in 1907 and five in 1908,
which gives the total of 37 examples. In 1909, following incorporation of the
KFNB into state railways kkStB, they
were classed 66 and given consecutive service numbers. After
WWI class 66 engines were divided between Czechoslovakia (24) and Poland
(13). Classed 314.3 by ČSD, they remained in use until 1960s, the last
one in service being 314.303 (former 66.03, StEG
2695/1898), withdrawn in October 1968 and retained for preservation. With PKP
they were classed TKh17, but only twelve were given new service number after
designation system had been introduced in mid-1920s. The fate of the
thirteenth one, 66.27 (StEG 3309/1906) is
not known, apart from the fact that it was not assigned any Polish service
number and written off before 1927. All Polish engines belonged to the
‘lighter’ variant. They served in south-eastern Poland; eight were withdrawn
until 1937 and one (TKh17-2) sold to industry. In 1939 three remaining
engines were impressed into DRG and numbered 89 8101 through 8103. The
Soviets took over four withdrawn TKh17s, of which three later fell into
German hands and became 89 8104 through 8106. Five ex-PKP engines were returned after the war, but one (former
TKh17-11, then 89 8103) was erroneously included into post-war class TKh100
and numbered TKh100-34. On the other hand, post-war TKh17-5 and TKh17-6 were
ex-industrial locomotives of different design – pretty nice mess for such a
small class. Pre-war TKh17-5 (DRG
89 8101) and TKh17-12 (impressed into NKPS, later DRG 89 8104) were returned by DR in December 1955 and scrapped
without being assigned new service number. Few details of this class service
with PKP after 1945 are known, but last survived until late 1950s. No
Polish TKh17 has been preserved. The sole surviving engine of this type, the
above-mentioned ČSD 314.303, was initially plinthed
in Valašské Meziříčí,
Czech Republic, and later restored to the working order. Main technical data*)
*) All
data refer to the later ‘lighter’ variant. 1)
Second and third batch, respectively. List of vehicles can be found here. References and
acknowledgments -
EZ vol. 1, LP, EDÖ,
TK vol. 3; -
www.pospichal.net/lokstatistik
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