Record Name | Ans_05373-0050-FL |
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Photographer | Unbekannt |
Dating | 1945-1948 |
Caption | Also abbreviated as KUR. Built in 1945, 20 units for the British War Department (WD), 2 of them for KUR, all built by Beyer Peacock in Manchester (serial numbers 74224-74243), articulated locomotive type Garratt, design 4-8-2+2-8-4, 2 x hot steam twin, meter gauge, class (for KUR) EC5. Universal locomotive type Garratt, i.e. cab and boiler as a bridge between two power cars: the perfect "steam crocodile", such machines were widely used especially in East and South Africa, in Europe there were single series of them only in Spain |
Caption (German) | Auch als KUR abgekürzt. Baujahr 1945, 20 Exemplare für das Britische War Department (WD), davon 2 für KUR, alle gebaut von Beyer Peacock in Manchester (Fabriknrn. 74224-74243), Gelenklok Typ Garratt, Bauart 4-8-2+2-8-4, 2 x Heissdampf-Zwilling, Meterspur, Klasse (bei der KUR) EC5. Universallok Bauart Garratt, d. h. Führerhaus und Kessel als Brücke zwischen zwei Triebgestellen: das perfekte "Dampf-Krokodil", solche Maschinen fanden gerade in Ost- und Südafrika grosse Verbreitung, in Europa gab es nur in Spanien einzelne Serien davon |
Physical description | Fotografie : Silbergelatine-Abzug |
Format | Spezialmass |
Special size | 22,8 x 32,6 cm |
Colour | schwarz/weiss |
Orientation | Querformat |
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License | Public Domain Mark |
Copyright notice | ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05373-0050-FL / Public Domain Mark |
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