DB 99 291

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99.29 series
Numbering: 99 291
Number: 1
Manufacturer: Orenstein & Koppel
Year of construction (s): 1911
Retirement: 1955
Type : C n2t
Genre : K 33.7
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Length over buffers: 6,500 mm
Total wheelbase: 1,790 mm
Service mass: 19.5 t
Friction mass: 19.5 t
Top speed: 40 km / h
Indexed performance : 117 kW
160 PS
Driving wheel diameter: 800 mm
Control type : Heusinger
Number of cylinders: 2
Cylinder diameter: 310 mm
Piston stroke: 400 mm
Boiler overpressure: 12 bar
Grate area: 0.70 m²
Evaporation heating surface: 42.30 m²
Water supply: 2.4 m³
Fuel supply: 0.8 tons of coal
Locomotive brake: Hand spindle brake

The class 99 291 locomotive was a three-axle steam locomotive with a gauge of 1000 millimeters. It was used on different tracks.

history

The locomotive was delivered to the Heeresfeldbahnen and then probably stayed with the Tram d 'Ardeche in southern France. During the Second World War, the Todt organization brought it to the island of Wangerooge to build a fortress. After the war it stayed there and was given the number 99 291 in 1948. It was first used on the Wangeroog Island Railway and from 1949 on the Walhalla Railway. In 1952 she came to the route between Mosbach and Mudau . It was retired and scrapped on February 22, 1955.

Constructive features

The locomotive had a sheet metal frame. The external Heusinger control acted on the third coupled axle.