kuk HB Class 578

k.u.k. HB Class 578 / PKP Class TKp 101 / BBÖ Class 578 / ÖBB Class 292
Number(s) k.u.k. HB 578.01–22,
BBÖ 578.11–22,
ÖBB 292.2101–2112 (with gaps)
Quantity k.u.k. HB: 22
PKP: 10
BBÖ: 12
ÖBB: 8
Manufacturer Henschel
Year(s) of manufacture 1916–1917
Retired 1966 (ÖBB)
Wheel arrangement 0-8-0T
Axle arrangement Dn2t
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length over buffers 10,940 mm
Height 4,100 mm
Overall wheelbase 4,200 mm
Service weight 58.0 t
Adhesive weight 58.0 t
Top speed 45 km/h
Driving wheel diameter 1,090 mm
Valve gear Walschaerts (Heusinger)
No. of cylinders 2
Cylinder bore 540 mm
Piston stroke 550 mm
Boiler Overpressure 13.0 atm
No. of heating tubes 217
Heating tube length 3,900 mm
Grate area 2.00 m²
Radiative heating area 8.8 m²
Tube heating area 105.0 m² (feuerberührt)
Evaporative heating area 113.8 m² (feuerberührt)
Water capacity 7.5 m³
Fuel 2.0 t coal
Locomotive brakes Steam brake

The steam locomotive class k.u.k HB 578 was a tank engine operated by the Imperial and Royal Military Field Railway (k.u.k. Heeresfeldbahn) in Austria-Hungary.

In World War I, the Austrian Military Railway placed their order for additional locomotives with Henschel in Kassel, because the Austrian locomotive factories were working at full capacity. These 22 locomotives had typical Prussian features and were grouped into Class 578. After the war's end, 10 engines were left in Poland as PKP Class TKp101 and twelve with the BBÖ, which retained their classification and serial numbers and set them to work as shunters on the large Viennese railway stations.

In 1938, the Deutsche Reichsbahn classified them as 92.2101–2112. Seven Polish TKp101 also joined the DRG during the course of fighting in the Second World War and were numbered 92.2113–2119.

After the end of the war, eight engines were left with the ÖBB, which were classified as ÖBB Class 292 and retained their serial numbers. They were retired by 1966.

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