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DR
89 008 (Henschel
23583/1938), Schwerin. October 3, 2005. Photo by Jens Hofmann (www.commons.wikimedia.org).
Side drawing of Class 980 by K.-E. Hertam
(source: TB vol. 2).
Another photo of DR
89 008, taken in Dresden in 1971 (probably shortly before or after
withdrawal). Photo from my collection.
DR 89 008 once
more: Dresden, date unknown. Photo by Olaf Herfen
(from my collection). |
After
the railways of German lands were merged into Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen in 1920 and
finally transformed into state-owned Deutsche
Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) in 1924, a need for standardization became obvious. This led
to the development of a number of standard locomotive types (Einheitslokomotiven),
intended to supplement and finally replace older classes. Some of them were
later built in very large numbers. Among those which enjoyed a very modest
production run was Baureihe
(class) 890 light freight tank locomotive, built in only ten
examples. First three were delivered by BMAG
in 1934 (serial numbers 10290 through 10292) and ran on saturated steam. Also
in 1934, Henschel built three examples (22357 through
22359), fitted with steam superheater. Comparative tests at the Lokomotiv-Versuchsamt Grünewald
and service tests (all six locomotives were assigned to the Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof depot)
revealed that both variants had similar tractive characteristics, but
superheated version was obviously more economical. Four superheated engines
from Henschel
followed in 1938 (23582 through 23585). All these locomotives were designated
89 001 through 010; these numbers were previously assigned to ex-KPEV T8 tank engines, withdrawn in
late 1920s. Further production was frustrated by war and the need to reduce
the number of locomotive types in favor of output. After
the war five engines of this type were taken over by PKP and classed TKh5. Their service with state railways was
comparatively short. TKh5-1 (BMAG
10290/1934) was withdrawn in April 1949 and sold to a food industry plant in Piła; its subsequent fate is not known. TKh5-2 (Henschel
22357/1934) and TKh5-4 (Henschel 23582/1938) were transferred in late 1940s to the
ZNTK Nowy Sącz (railway stock repair works, today Newag company)
and remained in use there probably until early 1970s. TKh5-3 (Henschel
22359/1934) and TKh5-5 (Henschel 23585/1938) saw some service with local railways
in the Poznań area (possibly with Gostyń Local Railway, pre-war Gostinger Eisenbahn).
After their nationalization they were assigned to the Leszno
depot and written off in 1954; according to some sources they were sold to
industry. Of the five 890s that remained in Germany, three were
taken to the Soviet Union in 1947 and two served with DR. 89 008 (Henschel 23583/1938), withdrawn in 1971, has been
preserved; initially transferred to Verkehrsmuseum
Dresden, it was sold to Mecklemburgische Eisenbahnfreunde Schwerin. Plinthed
in Schwerin, it was later restored to working order. Some
Polish sources, especially older, state that class TKh5 was in fact Prussian
class T3. The reason is that there was a locomotive designated TKh 5 (a space matters!) which in fact was an ex-T3. This particular engine (Henschel
1949/1885, KPEV Berlin 1753) was an
industrial locomotive owned by Janikowo sugar plant and never served with PKP. One of the oldest surviving
engines in Poland, it was unfortunately abandoned in Krzeszowice
and cut up by scrap thieves in 2006. Main technical data
1) Saturated steam. 2) Superheated steam. List of vehicles can be found here. References and acknowledgments
-
TB
vol. 2; -
Dampflok-Archiv 3 by Manfred Weisbrod, Hans Müller and Wolfgang Petznick
(Transpress, Berlin, 1982); -
Ingo Hütter’s locomotive
database (www.beitraege.lokomotive.de); -
Monographic article on the history of the Leszno depot by Jacek Rutkowski
(SK vol. 4/2007). |
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