Bavarian Gt 2×4/4

Bavarian Gt 2×4/4
DRG Class 960
DR Class 960
Number(s): K.Bay.Sts.B.: 5751–5765
DRG: 96 001–96 015
K.Bay.Sts.B.: 5766–5775
DRG: 96 016–96 025 1
Quantity: 15 10
Manufacturer: Maffei
Year(s) of manufacture: 1913/1914 1922/1923
Retired: 1936, 1940, 1944 - 1948, 1954
Wheel arrangement (Whyte): 0-8-8-0
Axle arrangement (UIC): D'D h4vt
Sub-class: Gt 88.15 Gt 88.16
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Length over couplers: 16,900 mm (55 ft 5 in) 17,100 mm (56 ft 1 in)
Length over buffers: 17,500 mm (57 ft 5 in) 17,700 mm (58 ft 1 in)
Height: 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in)
Width: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Wheel spacing: 1,500 mm (4 ft 11 in)
Wheelbase: 4,500 mm (14 ft 9 in)
Overall wheelbase: 12,200 mm (40 ft 0 in)
Minimum curve: 180 m (590 ft 7 in)
Empty weight: 99.4 t (97.8 long tons; 109.6 short tons) 105.4 t (103.7 long tons; 116.2 short tons)
Service weight: 123.2 t (121.3 long tons; 135.8 short tons) 131.1 t (129.0 long tons; 144.5 short tons)
Axle load: 15.4 t (15.2 long tons; 17.0 short tons) 16.4 t (16.1 long tons; 18.1 short tons)
Top speed: 50 km/h (31 mph), 40 km/h (25 mph) on 25‰ incline
Indicated power: 1,470 PS (1,080 kW; 1,450 hp) 1,630 PS (1,200 kW; 1,610 hp)
Driving wheel diameter: 1,216 mm (3 ft 11.9 in)
Valve gear: Walschaerts (Heusinger)
No. of cylinders: 4 (2 LP / 2 HP)
LP cylinder bore: 800 mm (31 in)
HP cylinder bore: 520 mm (20 in) 600 mm (24 in)
Piston stroke: 640 mm (25 in)
Boiler: 2.46 m3 (87 cu ft) steam
8.43 m3 (298 cu ft) water
2.46 m3 (87 cu ft) steam
8.21 m3 (290 cu ft) water
Boiler overpressure: 15 bar (1,500 kPa; 220 psi)
No. of heating tubes: 213 218
147 (after rebuild)
No. of flues: 24 34
Heating tube length: 5.075 m (16.65 ft)
Grate area: 4.25 m2 (45.7 ft2)
Radiative heating area: 14.75 m2 (158.8 ft2) 14.65 m2 (157.7 ft2)
Tube heating area: 216.14 m2 (2,326.5 ft2) 185.78 m2 (1,999.7 ft2)
Superheater area: 55.39 m2 (596.2 ft2) 65.37 m2 (703.6 ft2)
Evaporative heating area: 230.89 m2 (2,485.3 ft2) 200.43 m2 (2,157.4 ft2)
Water capacity: 11 m3 (2,400 imp gal; 2,900 US gal) 12.3 m3 (2,700 imp gal; 3,200 US gal)
Fuel: 4 t (3.94 long tons; 4.41 short tons) coal
(4.5 t (4.4 long tons; 5.0 short tons) rebuild)
5 t (4.9 long tons; 5.5 short tons) coal
Brakes: Westinghouse compressed-air double brake
Auxiliary brake: Riggenbach counter-pressure brake
Remarks: 1 techn. data after rebuild 1925/1926 (Serie 2)

The Bavarian Class Gt 2×4/4 (bayerische Gt 2x4/4) engine of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen or K.Bay.Sts.B.), was a heavy goods train tank locomotive of the Mallet type. It was later designated the DRG Class 96 (Baureihe 96) by the DRG, DB and DR.