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IR-Klasse HP
Werkfoto der Lokomotive Nr. 234, die von der North British Locomotive Company für die East Bengal Railway (EBR) 1907 gebaut wurde
Type and origin
Builderverschiedene:
Build date1906–1950
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UIC2’C n2
Gauge1676
Coupled dia.74 in (1880 mm)
Carrying wheel diameter3 ft 7 in (1092 mm)
Wheelbase:
 • Bogie7 ft (2135 mm)
 • incl. tenderVariante mit 3000 Gallonen-Tender: 50 ft 7+12 in (15.430 mm)
Length:
 • Over beamsVariante mit 3000 Gallonen-Tender: 60 ft 9+34 in (18.535 mm)
Width9 ft 6 in (2896 mm)
Height13 ft 6 in (4115 mm)
Axle load16,8 t
Service weight67 t
Tender weight3000 Gallonen: 40,1 t 3500 Gallonen: 46,2 t 4000 Gallonen: 59,4 t
Total weightmit 3000 Gallonen-Tender: 107 t mit 4000 Gallonen-Tender: 113 t mit 4500 Gallonen-Tender: 126 t
Tender type3000 und 4000 Gallonen: dreiachsig
4500 Gallonen: zwei Drehgestelle
Fuel capacity3000 und 4000 Gallonen: 7,6 t Kohle
4000 Gallonen: 10,2 t Kohle
Water cap.3000 Gallonen: 13,6 m³ 3500 Gallonen: 18,2 m³ 4000 Gallonen: 20,5 m³
Boiler:
 • Tube plates15 ft 6 in (4725 mm)
No. of heating tubes201
Boiler pressure180 psi (12,4 bar)
Heating surface:
 • Firebox32 sq ft (3 m²)
 • Radiative157 sq ft (14,6 m²)
 • Tubes1880 sq ft (175 m²)
 • Evaporative2037 sq ft (189 m²)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size20 in (508 mm)
Piston stroke26 in (660 mm)
Valve gearHeusinger mit Flachschieber
Performance figures
Tractive effort:
 • Starting11,2 bar Kesseldruck: 101 kN 9,3 bar Kesseldruck: 84 kN

The HP series was a wide-gauge tender steam locomotive for heavy passenger train traffic on the railways in British India , which was built from 1906 to 1920. She is one of the BESA locomotives developed by the British Engineering Standards Committee , later called the British Engineering Standards Association (BESA). The abbreviation HP stands for Heavy Passenger.

History

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The HP series was the locomotive intended for heavy passenger traffic, which was first proposed in the BESA standard of 1907.[1] Like the AP series , the HP was offered with three different large tenders , the small one holding 3000 gallons of water, the medium 4000 and the large 4500.

The locomotives were delivered to various railways, but only had the designation HP on the railways operated by the Indian States Railways (ISR). They were built by several British locomotive factories. Deliveries from Vulcan Foundry , Robert Stephenson and Company , North British Locomotive Company , Kitson and Company and William Beardmore and Company are documented. [2]

Later, the HPS series was created with the Schmidt smoke tube superheater system - the S stands for superheated , and the HPC series for the locomotives with superheaters converted from the HP series, where the C stands for converted.

Two HPS series locomotives have been preserved:

  • HPS 30 of Bangladesh Railway in Rajshahi
  • HPS 24467 of the Indian Railways at the National Rail Museum of India, New Delhi .

Technical

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The locomotive was a two-cylinder wet steam engine with a Belpaire boiler . The grate was arranged between the coupling gear sets, for which the wheel base between axles 2 and 3 was increased. The cylinders were arranged on the outside and the drive was on the second axle. The engine had a Heusinger control with a flat slide in the wet steam variants; piston slides were used in the superheated steam variant. The circulating plate was arranged low, so that wheel protection boxes had to be arranged above the coupling wheel sets. As with the AP series locomotives, the line of the driver's cab floor is raised in an arc to the height of the circulation plate. A small cow catcher was attached to the front buffer beam . The driver's cab was completely closed, with the rear wall of the driver's cab being formed by the three-axle tender. The three-axle tender was equipped with running boards and handrails along the side walls, which made it possible to reach the train from the locomotive while in motion. [3]

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References

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  1. ^ "British Designs (1905 -1928)". Development of Steam Locomotive Design in India. Heritage Directorate, Indian Railways. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. ^ "Great Indian Peninsula 4-6-0 Locomotives in India". steamlocomotive.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  3. ^ J. Stuart (1907). "North British Locomotive Company Glasgow (NBL) L294, Indian State Railway (ISR)-East Bengal Railway 234" (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-31.

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