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 locomo-
tive 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 complimen-
ted 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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