Pd4

Pd4
Prussian locomotive S5²
Type and origin
Power typesteam
BuilderAG Vulcan Stettin and others
Build date1905–1911
Specifications
Trailing dia.1,000 mm (3.3 ft)
Carrying wheel diameter1,980 mm (6.50 ft)
Wheelbase7,600 mm (24.9 ft) ​
 • Drivers1,980 mm (6.50 ft)
Length17,811 mm (58.435 ft)
Axle load16.4 t (36,000 lb)
Loco weight54.5 t (120,000 lb)
Total weight104.6 t (231,000 lb)
Firebox:
 • Grate area2.27 m2 (24.4 sq ft)
Boiler pressure12 at
Heating surface:
 • Firebox141.8 m2 (1,526 sq ft) (other data: 136.4 m2 (1,468 sq ft))
Piston stroke600 mm (2.0 ft)
Performance figures
Maximum speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Tractive effort6,200 kg (13,700 lb)

Pd4 was a Polish designation for the Polish State Railways express steam locomotive of the Prussian S5² series, produced between 1905 and 1911. In German railways, it was designated as series (Br) 136-8. The locomotive had a two-cylinder compound steam engine using saturated steam. In Poland, during the interwar period, 29 locomotives of this series were in operation, and after the war, 14 were operational until 1955.


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