Steam locomotive 77.23 of the Austrian Federal Railways.
New Design!
■ Free-standing lines
■ Driver''s cab and engine lighting installed; in digital mode switchable.
■ Metal buffers
■ Finest wheels with low flanges
■ Drive and coupling rods made of investment cast metal
The tender locomotive for passenger trains designated as class 77 by the Austrian Federal Railways was procured from 1913 (SB/kkStB class 629) in several series until 1927. The Pacific type 2''C1'' h2t steam locomotive was authorized to run at a maximum speed of 85 km/h. Practically every depot in Austria was at one time or another equipped with class 77 locomotives. The West and Südbahn lines and their branch lines were just a part of the 77''s operational area as the Inntal line or the Lindau-Bregenz-St. Margarethen connection. It was not until 1975 that the last locomotives were decommissioned - with the end of steam traction in Austria.
General data
- Coupling - NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism
- Minimum radius - 358 mm
- Number of axles with traction tyres - 1
- Number of driven axles - 3
- Flywheel - yes
