Prussian T 14
| Company type | Steam locomotive |
|---|---|
| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Headquarters | Germany |
| Products | 2-8-2T freight tank locomotives |
The Prussian T 14 locomotives were German-built 2-8-2T tank engines primarily designed for freight duties, operated by the Prussian state railways and the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine. These engines were later integrated into the Deutsche Reichsbahn's steam locomotive renumbering scheme as Class 93.0–4.
Originally developed for hauling goods and handling Sunday excursion trains on the Berlin Stadtbahn, the T 14 series was subsequently adopted by various other Eisenbahndirektion regions for mainline freight service and occasionally passenger transport. Between 1914 and 1918, a total of 497 units were produced—457 for the Prussian state railways and an additional 40 for the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine.
An imbalance in weight distribution caused the axle load on the leading wheels to exceed that on the driving wheels by approximately 169.7 kN.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn incorporated over 400 of these locomotives from Prussia and six from Alsace-Lorraine, assigning them numbers from 93 001 to 93 406. The units originating from Alsace-Lorraine received fleet numbers including 93 094, 188 through 191, and 237. In addition, two T 14s were acquired from the Farge-Vegesack Railway in 1927 and numbered as 93 407 and 408, while locomotives numbered from 93 409 to 93 417 were added from the Saar Railway in 1935. During World War II, several T 14s captured from Poland and Belgium were incorporated into the DRB roster under numbers ranging from 93 418 to 93 450. Post-war, the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn added more T 14s sourced from France and Belgium, numbering them between 93 451 and 93 459.
The retirement process commenced with the Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1960. Meanwhile, the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn assigned new computerized designations to its remaining T 14s in 1970, classifying them as DR Class 93.8 before their final withdrawal in 1971.
Following World War II, three locomotives—numbers 93 058, 324, and 405—remained in Austria. These were incorporated into the Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB) as ÖBB Class 693, retaining their original numbers. While number 693.058 was retired in 1953, the other two continued operating within ÖBB until their retirement in 1958.
Preservation efforts have saved locomotive number 93 230, which is currently part of the collection at the Dresden Transport Museum. Additionally, a unit designated PKP TKt1-63 is preserved at Poland's Chabówka railway museum.
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Further reading
- Moll, Gerhard; Wenzel, Hansjürgen (1999). Die Baureihe 93 - Die preußischen Tenderlokomotiven der Gattungen T 14 und T 14.1. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3-88255-193-3.
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