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Hohenzollern Locomotive Works

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93: 85: 135:. The firm produced around 4,600 locomotives. After the increasingly critical situation in the German locomotive building industry around 1929 the works was closed in November 1929. The Hohenzollern AG had hoped in vain for follow-on orders for the 150:
was one of the last built by the Lokomotivbau Hohenzollern and is preserved today in photograph-grey livery. The last locomotives left the factory in September 1929; it was immediately torn down.
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fireless locomotives with a cab at each end. Hohenzollern's fireless locomotives were unusual in having inside cylinders. The German term for fireless steam locomotive is
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Each locomotive had two 2-axle bogies. On no. 1685 only one axle was powered, but on the others, two axles were powered. For an explanation of wheel arrangements see:
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Around the same time, Russian State Railways also took delivery of a 1,200 horsepower (890 kW)
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Engineer of Revolutionary Russia: Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876–1952) and the Railways
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Photo of Hohenzollern fireless locomotive at Keilehaven Gas Works, Rotterdam
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Hohenzollern built a large number of fireless locomotives, including some
337: 499:, ISSN 0537-5347, no. 166 (2001), page 10 and no. 170 (2002), pp 216–218 389: 173:. Nos. 1685 and 2107 (both designed for use in mines) had air-cooled 84: 91: 83: 104:(Aktiengesellschaft für Lokomotivbau Hohenzollern) was a German 70: 62: 54: 40: 24: 96:Fireless locomotive built by Hohenzollern in 1911 471:De Stoomlocomotieven der Nederlandse Tramwegen 473:. Haarlem: Technische Uitgeverij H. Stam N.V. 8: 19: 540:Manufacturing companies based in Düsseldorf 535:Defunct locomotive manufacturers of Germany 510:List of preserved Hohenzollern locomotives 487:The Locomotive Engineers' Pocket Book 1934 127:The company was founded on 8 June 1872 in 18: 179: 520:Hohenzollern AG at www.lokhersteller.de 442:Heywood, Prof Dr Anthony (2013-07-28). 400: 7: 166:, meaning steam storage locomotive. 545:Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia 489:, (UK), publisher unknown, page 286 14: 148:Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum 146:Locomotive number 80 030 in the 141:Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft 177:to condense the exhaust steam. 16:German manufacturer (1872–1929) 385:South African Class 16DA 4-6-2 332:Hohenzollern supplied a 1,200 1: 493:The Industrial Railway Record 102:Hohenzollern Locomotive Works 20:Hohenzollern Locomotive Works 410:i.e. public limited company. 342:diesel-mechanical locomotive 561: 497:Industrial Railway Society 469:Overbosch, Ir. S. (1957). 361:diesel-electric locomotive 154:Fireless steam locomotives 373:Maschinenfabrik Esslingen 348:in the 1920s. This had a 367:, designed in Russia by 164:Dampfspeicherlokomotive 448:. Ashgate Publishing. 354:electromagnetic clutch 346:Russian State Railways 112:engines and about 400 97: 89: 45:Mechanical engineering 356:to engage each gear. 350:constant-mesh gearbox 171:AAR wheel arrangement 95: 87: 76:Düsseldorf-Grafenberg 114:fireless locomotives 495:, published by the 369:Professor Lomonosov 352:with an individual 49:plant manufacturing 21: 408:Aktiengesellschaft 328:Diesel locomotives 118:diesel locomotives 98: 90: 34:Aktiengesellschaft 325: 324: 82: 81: 552: 475: 474: 466: 460: 459: 439: 433: 428: 422: 417: 411: 405: 311: 309: 308: 304: 301: 293: 270: 268: 267: 263: 260: 252: 229: 227: 226: 222: 219: 211: 180: 22: 560: 559: 555: 554: 553: 551: 550: 549: 525: 524: 506: 483: 478: 468: 467: 463: 456: 441: 440: 436: 429: 425: 418: 414: 406: 402: 398: 381: 330: 306: 302: 299: 297: 296:2 ft  295: 291: 265: 261: 258: 256: 255:2 ft  254: 250: 224: 220: 217: 215: 214:2 ft  213: 209: 156: 78: 31: 29:Limited company 17: 12: 11: 5: 558: 556: 548: 547: 542: 537: 527: 526: 523: 522: 517: 512: 505: 504:External links 502: 501: 500: 490: 482: 479: 477: 476: 461: 454: 434: 423: 412: 399: 397: 394: 393: 392: 387: 380: 377: 329: 326: 323: 322: 319: 316: 313: 289: 286: 282: 281: 278: 275: 272: 248: 245: 241: 240: 237: 234: 231: 207: 204: 200: 199: 196: 193: 190: 187: 184: 155: 152: 110:standard gauge 80: 79: 74: 72: 68: 67: 64: 60: 59: 56: 52: 51: 42: 38: 37: 26: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 557: 546: 543: 541: 538: 536: 533: 532: 530: 521: 518: 516: 513: 511: 508: 507: 503: 498: 494: 491: 488: 485: 484: 480: 472: 465: 462: 457: 455:9781409481997 451: 447: 446: 438: 435: 432: 427: 424: 421: 416: 413: 409: 404: 401: 395: 391: 388: 386: 383: 382: 378: 376: 374: 370: 366: 362: 357: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 335: 327: 320: 317: 314: 290: 287: 284: 283: 279: 276: 273: 249: 246: 243: 242: 238: 235: 232: 208: 205: 202: 201: 197: 194: 191: 188: 185: 182: 181: 178: 176: 172: 167: 165: 161: 153: 151: 149: 144: 142: 138: 134: 130: 125: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 94: 86: 77: 73: 69: 66:November 1929 65: 61: 57: 53: 50: 46: 43: 39: 35: 30: 27: 23: 492: 486: 470: 464: 444: 437: 426: 415: 407: 403: 365:class E el-2 358: 331: 192:Wheel arrgt 168: 163: 157: 145: 137:DRG Class 80 126: 101: 99: 71:Headquarters 33: 25:Company type 292:780 mm 251:840 mm 210:840 mm 186:Date built 160:articulated 122:rail gauges 120:of various 116:as well as 58:8 June 1872 529:Categories 396:References 336:(890  334:horsepower 198:Condenser 183:Works no. 175:condensers 133:Düsseldorf 129:Grafenberg 106:locomotive 236:BERGMANN 139:from the 379:See also 310: in 269: in 228: in 88:No. 2542 41:Industry 481:Sources 390:VMH 1-4 344:to the 305:⁄ 264:⁄ 223:⁄ 143:(DRG). 63:Defunct 55:Founded 452:  189:Gauge 288:1909 285:2483 277:GNOM 247:1907 244:2107 233:1A-2 206:1904 203:1685 195:Name 131:near 450:ISBN 431:DGEG 420:DGEG 315:B-2 280:Yes 274:B-2 239:Yes 100:The 47:and 321:No 531:: 375:. 363:, 340:) 338:kW 318:– 312:) 307:32 303:23 271:) 266:16 230:) 225:16 124:. 458:. 300:+ 298:6 294:( 262:1 259:+ 257:9 253:( 221:1 218:+ 216:9 212:( 36:) 32:(

Index

Limited company
Mechanical engineering
plant manufacturing
Düsseldorf-Grafenberg


locomotive
standard gauge
fireless locomotives
diesel locomotives
rail gauges
Grafenberg
Düsseldorf
DRG Class 80
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum
articulated
AAR wheel arrangement
condensers
horsepower
kW
diesel-mechanical locomotive
Russian State Railways
constant-mesh gearbox
electromagnetic clutch
diesel-electric locomotive
class E el-2
Professor Lomonosov
Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
South African Class 16DA 4-6-2

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