DB class 399
Narrow-gauge small locomotives were designated as class 399 according to the joint series scheme of the Bundesbahn and Reichsbahn . The series was taken over by Deutsche Bahn AG.
A distinction is made between three number ranges for the different gauges: Locomotives with a gauge of 1000 mm are assigned ordinal numbers between 101 and 199, while the DB locomotives are assigned ordinal numbers 101 to 109, and the DR locomotives are assigned numbers from 110. For 600 mm gauges, numbers were assigned between 601 and 699 and numbers between 701 and 799 for 750 mm gauge.
Only one series (the new locomotives of the Inselbahn Wangerooge ) were delivered directly to Deutsche Bahn AG, all other locomotives were taken over by the predecessor companies DB and DR and most of them were sold on shortly after the merger. As of 2007, the 399 class comprised locomotives 399 105-108.
Wangerooge island railway
399 101-104
Main article: DB Class 329
The four old locomotives of the 329 series of the Wangerooger Inselbahn that were taken over by the Deutsche Bundesbahn were given the numbers 399 101-104 in 1992. They were shut down in 1999 and 2000, but all have been preserved.
399 105-106
Even before DB AG was founded, in 1992 the Deutsche Bundesbahn acquired two three-axle L18H-C small locomotives from the Romanian manufacturer FAUR from the former Mansfeld combine for use on the Wangerooge island railway. They were initially supposed to support the class 329 old locomotives, but could not meet the expectations placed on them. To this day, they are usually kept for short freight trains and as a reserve for passenger trains when the other locomotives 399 107 and 399 108 are not available.
399 107-108
In the course of the modernization of the Wangerooger Inselbahn, the DB procured two new train sets in 1992/93, which were initially still used with the old locomotives because of the problems with the Romanian small locomotives. In 1999 the Schöma company in Diepholz finally delivered two two-axis machines of the type CFL150DCL with an output of 166 kW (approx. 225 hp), which were referred to as 399 107-2 and 399 108-0 in continuation of the numbering scheme. At the time of delivery, three machines of this type with a different engine had already been in use on the Borkumer Kleinbahn for five or six years and had already proven themselves there. As a result, the Wangeroog machines took over almost all of the island railway's traffic and have been in daily use ever since.
Industrial railway hall
399 110-111
Main article: Narrow gauge small locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
For operation on the industrial railway Halle (Saale) which built German Reichsbahn two locomotives of Kings II series (100 128 and 100 287) in order to meter gauge. Both machines were shut down when the industrial railway was shut down in 1992 and were therefore no longer given the new series designation. You are now (preserved in a museum) at the BSW Group Traditionsgemeinschaft Bw Halle P e. V.
Harz narrow-gauge railways
399 112-113
Main article: Narrow gauge small locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Two small locomotives of the type V 10 C were used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn first on the Spreewaldbahn and later in the Harz Mountains. The series designation 399 was only given to them on paper, as they were parked in 1991 and sold to the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways two years later . Both locomotives are not in working order.
399 114-116
Main article: Narrow gauge small locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
In the Harz, too, the Deutsche Reichsbahn used three re-tracked small locomotives of the Kö II series, which, like all other vehicles, were sold to the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways in 1993. The series designation 399 was also not written on these locomotives, all three have been preserved, the 199 011 (399 115) was kept operational for the workshop in Wernigerode until October 2015, since then the reconditioned 199 012 (399 116) has been in use there.
399 130
Main article: LKM V 30 C
The Deutsche Reichsbahn also had a locomotive that was built as a prototype for a series for Java . It too received the series designation 399 only on paper and was sold to the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen in 1993. The locomotive has been parked since 1997 due to lack of demand.
Berlin Park Railway
399 601-603
Main article: Narrow gauge small locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
The locomotives of the Berlin Park Railway were never part of the Deutsche Bahn AG, but were given the numbers 399 601–603 in 1992 as part of the standardization of the numbering systems. Before the DB AG was founded, they were given to the newly founded Parkeisenbahn GmbH in Berlin in 1993 and are still there.
Thumer network
399 701-702
Main article: Narrow gauge small locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Two Ns 4 narrow-gauge locomotives from LKM were used until 1992 and 1993, respectively, on a remaining section of the Wilischthal – Thum narrow-gauge railway . These were also given the numbers 399 701 and 702 as part of the standardized numbering system, but were parked and sold before the DB AG was founded. One of the machines today belongs to the IG Preßnitztalbahn , the other to the Döllnitzbahn .
Rügen small railways
399 703
Main article: HF 130 C Army Field Railway Locomotive
From 1992 the former Köf 6003 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, an army field railway locomotive HF 130 C, which was used on the island of Rügen, was designated 399 703. The locomotive became part of the Deutsche Bahn AG in 1994, was given the new number, but was parked a few months later. The locomotive has belonged to the Rügen Kleinbahn since 1996 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Small locomotive 199 012 of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways reactivated. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH, accessed on November 21, 2015 .