BRAWA BR 06 HO Betriebsanleitung Seite 2

Locomotive with
trailing tender BR 06 H0
Operating Instructions
Direct current model
Alternating current model
In 1934, the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft gave out an invitation
to tender for the construction of an express train with four
couplings.The initial construction order was for two locomotives from
the 06 series and was awarded to Krupp in Essen. The construction
of the steam locomotive BR 06 001 took from 1934 to 1939. This
long construction time can only be explained by the fact that shortly
after the order was given, DR's interest in the "giant locomotive"
faded. When the locomotive was finally delivered in March 1939, the
decision to realise the 01.10 series, a new generation of heavy
express train locomotives, had been made. The 06 series had driving
wheels with a diameter of 2000 mm and both a front and rear bogie.
The three-cylinder valve gear and connecting rods was supposed to
enable easy running up to a top speed of 140 km/h. When coupled
to the 5-axle tender T38St, the BR 06 had an total length of 26 520
mm which made it the largest German express train. The frictional
load was 80t, the locomotive's service weight was 141t, the total
weight of the locomotive and tender was 224t. They were very
pleased with the chassis of the 06 series, several reports of the time
expressly complimented on the smooth running of the machine even
at high speed. The high level of pulling power was also cause for
enthusiasm! Less satisfactory however, was the tank which had
become a problem with its 7.5 m long pipe. The principle which the
Reichsbahn favoured, the long piped tank with small firebox heating
surfaces, had come to a dead end. Until 1952 the locomotives stood
in Frankfurt and Hanau and then they were scrapped in Darmstadt
and Braunschweig.
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