Iron Monument Club Plzeň
Iron Monument Club Plzeň
Steam locomotive 556.0210
Steam locomotive 556.0210
Steam locomotive for hauling heavy freight trains on the main lines.
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Characteristics and technical data of locomotive with tender |
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| Characteristic | 2-10-0 | |
| Gauge | 1 435 | mm |
| Number and bore of cylinders | 2 × 530 | mm |
| Piston stroke | 660 | mm |
| Driving wheels diameter | 1 400 | mm |
| Leading wheels diameter | 900 | mm |
| Tender wheels diameter | 1 045 | mm |
| Steam pressure | 18 | bar |
| Grate area | 4,34 | m² |
| Heating surface | ||
| - fire box, water side | 24,20 | m² |
| - smoke and fire tubes, water side | 176,80 | m² |
| - superheater, steam side | 63,30 | m² |
| Nominal power of steam engine | 2 000 | HP |
| Weight in working order | ||
| - locomotive | 95 | t |
| - tender | 80,8 | t |
| Maximum speed | 80 | km/h |
| Minimum radius of the track | 150 | m |
| Total length over buffers | 23 545 | mm |
| Water capacity of the tender | 35 | m³ |
| Coal capacity of the tender | 15 | t |
History of Locomotive |
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| 1954 | - produced by Závody V. I. Lenina (Škoda Works) Plzeň as the serial number 2977/1954 for the Czechoslovak State Railways, put into the operation in locomotive depot Valašské Meziříčí |
| 1961 | - transferred to locomotive depot Olomouc |
| 1963 | - transferred to depot České Budějovice |
| 1964 | - service in locomotive depot Tábor |
| 1969 | - transferred to depot Cheb |
| 1971 | - last stationing – locomotive depot Plzeň |
| 1980 | - withdrawn, used as stationary steam boiler K 768 for heating purposes in the depot Plzeň and later in railway repair and construction works Plzeň |
| 1994 | - bought by Iron Monument Club Plzeň |
| 2004 | - installed near to shopping centre Olympia in Plzeň |
| 2005 | - sidetracked in the area of MOVO Plzeň |