Saxon VI
| Industry | Locomotive manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Germany |
| Products | Steam locomotives |
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The Saxon VI series consisted of early German express steam locomotives utilized by the Royal Saxon State Railways (Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen or K. Sächs. Sts. E. B.).
From 1860 to 1867, the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik (Hartmann) delivered 24 units to the Western State Railway, while in 1865, Borsig supplied an additional nine locomotives; all of these were incorporated into the Royal Saxon State Railways in 1869. In 1870, Hartmann produced another eight machines directly for the state railway. Designed as 2-4-0 "fast-stopping train" (Eilzug) locomotives, they carried the designations B VI and H VI based on their manufacturer. In 1874, Berliner Maschinenbau AG (Schwartzkopff) provided 14 2-4-0 express engines to the Berlin-Dresden Railway Company. Following the company's nationalization by Kingdom of Prussia in 1887, both its infrastructure and rolling stock were divided between Prussia and Kingdom of Saxony in 1888. Of these express locomotives, six were assigned to the K. Sächs. Sts. E. B., classified as Class Schw VI, while the remaining eight became part of the Prussian state railways. Additionally, the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company acquired six express locomotives in 1875 and another six in 1876 from Henschel-Werke (Henschel), which after nationalization in 1876 were categorized as Hsch VI or sometimes Hl VI.
Early models featured a boiler with a rectangular dome designed by Robert Stephenson and Company and a forked locomotive frame. Subsequent versions from Schwartzkopff and Henschel incorporated a Crampton boiler alongside a full plate frame. Due to significant technical variations compared to the Borsig and Hartmann batches—such as smaller driving wheels and elevated boiler pressure—these differences are noted parenthetically within the specifications table. All units were equipped with horizontal, external cylinders. In 1885, two locomotives from the Hartmann batch of 1870 received a Nowotny carrying axle, altering their UIC classification from 1B to 1'B and their class designation to H VIb. The older Class VI engines had their manufacturer's code letters removed from their classification by 1896 and were mostly retired by around 1905; those built by Schwartzkopff and Henschel continued in service until after 1910. Although these locomotives had become scarce by the 1920s, three units were included in the preliminary Deutsche Reichsbahn renumbering plan as numbers 34 8001–8003; however, none remained by the time the final numbering system was implemented in 1925.
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Sources
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- Spielhoff, Lothar (1990). Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen (in Deutsch). Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. ISBN 3-440-06145-0.Template:Page needed