Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Prussian S 9 was an express steam locomotive with the Prussian state railways, first built in 1908. It had a 4-4-2 (Atlantic) wheel arrangement and a four-cylinder compound engine. It was developed by the firm of Hanomag in Hanover who delivered a total of 99 engines of this class.There were also some high-speed trials locomotives which were classified as S 9's, but did not belong to this particular class. These included two cab-forward 4-4-4 locomotives Altona 561 and 562.Although at the time superheated technology was widespread, the state of Prussia still wanted to have saturated steam engines delivered by Hanomag. The locomotives procured as a result had a very powerful boiler and, at 4 m², the largest grate area of any Prussian steam locomotive. The quantity of steam generated was however more than the high-pressure cylinders could cope with. As a result the performance of the S 9 was little better than the considerably smaller superheated locomotive, the Prussian S 6. Nevertheless the S 9 initially formed the backbone of express train services from Berlin to Hanover. Like all German Atlantic locomotives, the S 9 quickly proved too underpowered for the increasingly heavy trains it had to haul.Two locomotives (Hannover 903 and 905) were fitted with superheated boilers in 1913 and 1914 and reclassified as S 8s.After 1919 17 locomotives had to handed over to Belgium and 4 to France.Only three of them, the two S 8's and a saturated steam engine, were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 14.0. The two S 8's were given numbers 14 001 and 14 002; the S 9 ("Essen 907") number 14 031. All three were retired by 1926.The locomotives were equipped with Prussian tenders of classes pr 2'2' T 21.5, pr 2'2' T 30 und pr 2'2' T 31.5.. }
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- Prussian_S_9 abstract "The Prussian S 9 was an express steam locomotive with the Prussian state railways, first built in 1908. It had a 4-4-2 (Atlantic) wheel arrangement and a four-cylinder compound engine. It was developed by the firm of Hanomag in Hanover who delivered a total of 99 engines of this class.There were also some high-speed trials locomotives which were classified as S 9's, but did not belong to this particular class. These included two cab-forward 4-4-4 locomotives Altona 561 and 562.Although at the time superheated technology was widespread, the state of Prussia still wanted to have saturated steam engines delivered by Hanomag. The locomotives procured as a result had a very powerful boiler and, at 4 m², the largest grate area of any Prussian steam locomotive. The quantity of steam generated was however more than the high-pressure cylinders could cope with. As a result the performance of the S 9 was little better than the considerably smaller superheated locomotive, the Prussian S 6. Nevertheless the S 9 initially formed the backbone of express train services from Berlin to Hanover. Like all German Atlantic locomotives, the S 9 quickly proved too underpowered for the increasingly heavy trains it had to haul.Two locomotives (Hannover 903 and 905) were fitted with superheated boilers in 1913 and 1914 and reclassified as S 8s.After 1919 17 locomotives had to handed over to Belgium and 4 to France.Only three of them, the two S 8's and a saturated steam engine, were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 14.0. The two S 8's were given numbers 14 001 and 14 002; the S 9 ("Essen 907") number 14 031. All three were retired by 1926.The locomotives were equipped with Prussian tenders of classes pr 2'2' T 21.5, pr 2'2' T 30 und pr 2'2' T 31.5.".