Saxon VIII 1

Saxon VIII 1
Quantity	8
Manufacturer	n.k.
Entered service	1870
Retired	by 1922
Wheel arrangement	4-4-0
Axle arrangement	2'B
Length over buffers	n.k.
Ø Driving wheel	1,830 mm
Ø Leading wheel	990 mm
Top speed	70 km/h
Boiler overpressure	8.5 kp/cm² 83.4 kN/cm²
Piston stroke	560 mm
Cylinder bore	406 mm
Grate area	1.32 m²
Evaporative heating area	93.2 m²
Power	n.k.
Average axle load	10.2 Mp 100.0 kN
Adhesive weight	20.3 Mp 199.1 kN
Service weight	36.8 Mp 360.9 kN
Brake	Westinghouse brake Schleiferbremsen

The Saxon Class VIII 1 were early German 4-4-0 steam locomotives built for the Royal Saxon State Railways (Königlich Sächsische Staats-Eisenbahn) for express train services. The engines were deployed on the railway route between Dresden and Chemnitz.

They were based on a prototype from Württemberg. They were fitted with an American bogie and had a high outer firebox instead of the second steam dome. As a result the boiler was also pitched higher.

These locomotives were over 50 years old when they were retired around 1922 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn before being given a new classification.

Literature

Spielhoff, Lothar (1990). Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in German). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-06145-0.

See also

• Royal Saxon State Railways
• List of Saxon locomotives and railbuses

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany