ERR series 4211
| ERR series 4211 IR No. 251 " Abdel Nasser " |
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| Numbering: |
ERR 4211-4252 IR 251 |
| Number: | 42 |
| Manufacturer: | Arnold Jung locomotive factory |
| Year of construction (s): | 1953, 1955-1956 |
| Axis formula : | C. |
| Genre : | R 360 C |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Service mass: | 67.3 t |
| Continuous output : | 360 hp |
| Motor type: | 8-cylinder (dimensions: 216 × 254 mm) |
| Power transmission: | hydraulic |
The locomotives of the ERR class 4211 were diesel locomotives with the wheel arrangement C for the shunting service , which were procured by the Egyptian Republic Railways (ERR) (now Egyptian National Railways (ENR)) in the 1950s. The German manufacturer Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik in Jungenthal in Rhineland-Palatinate built the first delivery of 15 units in 1953 and 1955 and in 1956 a second, 27 units under the serial numbers 12161 to 12187.
During the Israeli invasion of the Sinai Peninsula in 1956 , the number 4239 was captured on the Sinai Peninsula with the former Palestine Railways route between El Kantara East and Gaza . It was taken over by Israel Railways (IR) under number 251. In Israel she was nicknamed " Abdel Nasser ". It was rarely used and scrapped in 1970.
Individual evidence
literature
- Paul Cotterell: The Railways of Palestine and Israel . Tourret Publishing, Abingdon 1984, ISBN 0-905878-04-3 .
- Hugh Hughes: Middle East Railways . Continental Railway Circle, Harrow 1981, ISBN 0-9503469-7-7 .