TKl100

 

 

TKl100-16 (fictitious designation) on static display at the Railway Museum in Warsaw; September 5, 2006.

 

 

The same locomotive photographed on September 19, 2010.

 

 

 

 

Schlawer Kreisbahn was a local railway in Western Pomerania, consisting of two lines: Schlawe-Jatzingen (today Sławno and Jacinki, opened in 1897) and Natzlaff-Breitenberg (Nacław-Gołogóra, opened in 1898). Both were built to the 750 mm gauge. In 1934 the Schlawe-Jatzingen line was re-gauged to 1435 mm and two standard-gauge tank engines for mixed traffic were purchased from Borsig (factory numbers 14528 and 14529). They were comparatively modern locomotives, running on superheated steam and featuring the 1-3-1 axle arrangement. Their design was to some extent based on that of the BR64 Einheitslok (OKl2 in the PKP service). Numbered 1 and 2, they remained the sole standard-gauge engines operated by the railway (in 1934 two diesel railcars were purchased from Wumag). In 1940, when Schlawer Kreisbahn was incorporated into Pommersche Landesbahnen (PLB), they were re-numbered 61H3513 and 62H3513. Both remained in use until 1945, when Pomerania was occupied by Soviet troops. The entire former Schlawer Kreisbahn was considered war booty: tracks were lifted and sent eastwards, together with most of the rolling stock. Both locomotives were, however, handed over to Polish railways. Initially they were erroneously classed TKi100 (this class included locomotives of the 1-3-0 axle arrangement form various local and private railways) and numbered TKi100-10 (former 62H3513) and TKi100-16 (former 61H3513). Due to drivers of only 1200 mm in diameter, they were considered freight engines; in fact, with PKP they served solely as switchers. TKi100-10 was later given ‘correct’ designation TKl100-10. It was assigned to the Lublin depot and written off in November 1956. According to some sources, it was transferred to the Ostrowiec steelworks; confirmation, however, is lacking. TKi100-16 was never re-designated; assigned to the Skarżysko-Kamienna depot, it was withdrawn in February 1971 and spent many years abandoned in Tarnowskie Góry. Today this locomotive is on static display at the Railway Museum in Warsaw. It sports the ‘correct’ designation TKl100-16, never borne in the PKP service, which must therefore be considered fictitious.

 

 

Main technical data

 

No.

Parameter

Unit

Value

1.

Years of manufacture

-

1934 

2.

Total built / used in Poland

-

2 / 2

3.

Tender class

-

-

4.

Axle arrangement

-

1-3-1

5.

Design maximum speed

km/h

65

6.

Cylinder bore

mm

2 X 430

7.

Piston stroke

mm

550

8.

Engine rating

kW/hp

9.

Tractive effort

kG

10.

Boiler pressure

MPa

1.63

11.

Grate dimensions

m X m

2.0 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

105.3

19.

Superheater heating surface

m2

35.3

20.

Diameter of drivers

mm

1350

21.

Diameter of idlers front/rear

mm

1000 / -

22.

Total weight, empty

kg

23.

Total weight, working order

kg

57 700

24.

Weight on drivers, working order

kg

25.

Weight with tender, empty

kg

-

26.

Weight with tender, working order

kg

-

27.

Maximum axle load

T

28.

Axle base (with tender)

mm

29.

Overall length (with tender)

mm

10 250

30.

Brake type

-

Knorr

 

 

References and acknowledgments

 

-       Monographic article on Schlawer Kreisbahn by Roman Witkowski in SK vol. 6/2003;

-       www.de.wikipedia.org;

̶          http://www.beitraege.lokomotive.de/privatbahnen/d_schkb.php (concise information on the Schlawer Kreisbahn vehicles).