kuk HB Class 578

The steam locomotive class k.u.k HB 578 was a tank engine operated by the Imperial and Royal Military Field Railway (k.u.k. Heeresfeldbahn) in Austria-Hungary.

k.u.k. HB Class 578 / PKP Class TKp 101 / BBÖ Class 578 / ÖBB Class 292
Type and origin
BuilderHenschel
Build date1916–1917
Total producedk.u.k. HB: 22
PKP: 10
BBÖ: 12
ÖBB: 8
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-8-0T
 • UICDn2t
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1,090 mm
Wheelbase:
 • Overall		4,200 mm
Length:
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 • Over beams10,940 mm
Height4,100 mm
Adhesive weight58.0 t
Service weight58.0 t
Fuel capacity2.0 t coal
Water cap.7.5 m3
Boiler:
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No. of heating tubes217
Heating tube length3,900 mm
Boiler pressure13.0 atm
Heating surface:
 • Tubes		105.0 m2 (feuerberührt)
 • Firebox2.00 m2
 • Radiative8.8 m2
 • Evaporative113.8 m2 (feuerberührt)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size540 mm
Piston stroke550 mm
Valve gearWalschaerts (Heusinger)
Performance figures
Maximum speed45 km/h
Career
Numbersk.u.k. HB 578.01–22,
BBÖ 578.11–22,
ÖBB 292.2101–2112 (with gaps)
Retired1966 (ÖBB)

In World War I, the Austrian Military Railway placed their order for additional locomotives with Henschel in Kassel, because the Austrian locomotive factories were working at full capacity. These 22 locomotives had typical Prussian features and were grouped into Class 578. After the war's end, 10 engines were left in Poland as PKP Class TKp101 and twelve with the BBÖ, which retained their classification and serial numbers and set them to work as shunters on the large Viennese railway stations.

In 1938, the Deutsche Reichsbahn classified them as 92.2101–2112. Seven Polish TKp101 also joined the DRG during the course of fighting in the Second World War and were numbered 92.2113–2119.

After the end of the war, eight engines were left with the ÖBB, which were classified as ÖBB Class 292 and retained their serial numbers. They were retired by 1966.

See also

References
  • Griebl, Helmut; Slezak, Josef-Otto; Sternhart, Hans (1985). BBÖ Lokomotiv-Chronik 1923–1938. Wien: Verlag Slezak. ISBN 3-85416-026-7.
  • Schröpfer, Heribert (1989). Triebfahrzeuge österreichischer Eisenbahnen - Dampflokomotiven BBÖ und ÖBB. Düsseldorf: alba. ISBN 3-87094-110-3.
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