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Fireless locomotive
Category Industrial facilities
Year of manufacture/creation 1927
Manufacturer/author Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
Place of manufacture/creation Chemnitz, Germany
Size
Height: 220 cm
Width: 175 cm
Length: 435 cm
Weight: 8000 kg
Material iron, steel, brass
Museum/Storage location Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Date of admission to the museum 1993
Rights to the exhibit Gasworks Museum in Paczków
Rights to digital images public domain
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Exhibit description
This vehicle was powered by steam generated by boiling water, but unlike other locomotives, it had no firebox. Locomotive 4676 carried the coal, which was needed to produce town gas, to the municipal gasworks in the Tarnogaj district of Wrocław. To prevent the gas stored in the tanks from exploding, the locomotive was powered by an external steam accumulator. One “refuelling” with steam allowed the locomotive to travel approximately 500 metres.
