T1C and T2C

 

 

The sole T1C (Fablok 192/1928) during final assembly at the manufacturer’s premises. Collection Bogdan Pokropiński; source: PNPP.

 

 

Side drawing of the T1C; source: as above.

 

 

One of two T2Cs built; location and date unknown. Source: as above.

 

 

Side drawing of the T2C; source: as above.

 

 

 

 

Pierwsza Fabryka Lokomotyw w Polsce S.A. (First Locomotive Factory in Poland JSC), commonly known as Fablok, was founded in May 1919 and their first product was class Tr21 freighter, developed by Austrian StEG. Apart from line locomotives for PKP, Fablok also built a number of standard-gauge tank locomotives for industry. First such vehicle was type T1C, a small two-axle engine running on saturated steam, with slide valves and Heusinger valve gear. The sole example of this type (192/1928) was sold to Wysoka cement plant and remained in use there until 1952. Little is known on its service and most probably it was scrapped.

Two subsequent locomotives from Fablok, 193/1928 and 194/1928 (factory type T2C), differed only in details. Externally the most visible difference was lack of external steam pipes from boiler dome to cylinders. The former was originally delivered to a quarry in Upper Silesia, but proved too weak and was later sold to Mątwy sugar plant, probably in 1930. The latter was displayed at the Wilno Fair in 1929 and then sold to a chemical plant in Tomaszów Mazowiecki. It was reportedly used there until 1950, but confirmation is lacking. None of these locomotives has been preserved.

 

Main technical data

 

No.

Parameter

Unit

Value

1.

Years of manufacture

-

1928

2.

Total built / used in Poland

-

3 / 3

3.

Tender class

-

-

4.

Axle arrangement

-

0-2-0

5.

Design maximum speed

km/h

30

6.

Cylinder bore

mm

2 x 290

7.

Piston stroke

mm

320

8.

Engine rating

kW/hp

74 / 100

9.

Tractive effort

kG

2 800

10.

Boiler pressure

MPa

1.33

11.

Grate dimensions

m x m

0.67 m2

12.

Firebox heating surface

m2

13.

Distance between tube plates

mm

14.

Number of flue tubes

-

15.

Heating surface of flue tubes

m2

16.

Number of smoke tubes

-

-

17.

Heating surface of smoke tubes

m2

-

18.

Evaporating surface, total

m2

32.0

19.

Superheater heating surface

m2

-

20.

Diameter of drivers

mm

750

21.

Diameter of idlers front/rear

mm

- / -

22.

Total weight, empty

kg

14 500

23.

Total weight, working order

kg

18 000

24.

Weight on drivers, working order

kg

18 000

25.

Weight with tender, empty

kg

-

26.

Weight with tender, working order

kg

-

27.

Maximum axle load

T

9.0

28.

Axle base (with tender)

mm

1 800

29.

Overall length (with tender)

mm

6 234

30.

Brake type

-

 

 

References and acknowledgments

 

-       PNPP;

-       Fablok factory list (compiled by Attila Kirchner);

-       www.parowozy.net (website by Michał ‘Doctor’ Pawelczyk).