Class 99
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Class 99 is the classification of German narrow gauge
steam locomotives used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn
or her successor administrations. It is therefore divided into numerous sub-classes that are listed in this table.
Narrow gauge
A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...
steam locomotives used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...
or her successor administrations. It is therefore divided into numerous sub-classes that are listed in this table.
DR or DB class | former class | Rail gauge Rail gauge Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers... |
Axle arrangement UIC classification The UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements describes the wheel arrangement of locomotives, multiple units and trams. It is set out in the International Union of Railways "Leaflet 650 - Standard designation of axle arrangement on locomotives and multiple-unit sets". It is used in much... |
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99.00 | Palatine L 2 Palatine L 2 The steam locomotives of Palatine Class L 2 with the Palatinate Railway were built for the line between Speyer and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . Because the engines were to be used double-headed, they had doors on the front and rear of the driver's cabs and an opening in the running plate... |
1.000 mm | B n2t |
99.00II | Chemin de fer Départementaux-Réseau d'Indre et Loire No. 5 | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.01 | Palatine Pts 2/2 Palatine Pts 2/2 The German steam locomotive of Palatine Class Pts 2/2 of the Palatinate Railway was a one-off and was built by the firm of Maffei in Munich. Notable features were the high boiler and the locomotive frame used as a water tank... |
1.000 mm | B h2t |
99.02 | Oldenburg B Oldenburg B The steam locomotives of Oldenburg Class B of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways were built in the early 1900s for working the metre gauge network on the German island of Wangerooge.... |
1.000 mm | B n2t |
99.03–06 | Prussian T 33 | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.07 | Bavarian LE Bavarian LE The steam locomotives of Bavarian Class LE were narrow gauge engines with the Royal Bavarian State Railways .- History :... |
1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.08–09 | Palatine L 1 Palatine L 1 The narrow gauge steam locomotives of Palatine L 1 and Pts 3/3 N of the Palatinate Railway were procured for lines in the area of Ludwigshafen, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and Speyer... |
1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.093 | Palatine Pts 3/3 N | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.10 | Palatine Pts 3/3 H Palatine Pts 3/3 H The DRG Class 99.10, formerly the Palatine Class Pts 3/3 H of the Palatinate Railway, was a German narrow gauge steam locomotive. It was the superheated version of the PtS 3/3 N. Unlike the saturated steam version the upper section of these engines was no longer glazed, otherwise they were broadly... |
1.000 mm | C h2t |
99.12 | Württemberg Ts 3 | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.13 | Bavarian Pts 3/4 Bavarian Pts 3/4 The Bavarian Pts 3/4 steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways were employed on the steam 'tramway' between Altötting and Neuötting. A total of four machines were built, nos. 1101, 1102 and 1103 in 1906 and no. 1104 not until the retirement of no. 1102 in 1922... |
1.000 mm | 1'C h2t |
99.15 | Bavarian Gts 4/4 Bavarian Gts 4/4 The only Bavarian Class Gts 4/4 locomotive in the Royal Bavarian State Railways was built in 1909 for the meter gauge line between Eichstätt and Kinding.... |
1.000 mm | D n2t |
99.16 | Saxon I M | 1.000 mm | B'B' n4vt |
99.17 | Württemberg Ts 4 Württemberg Ts 4 The DRG Class 99.17, formerly the Württemberg Ts 4 of the Royal Württemberg State Railways were German narrow gauge steam locomotives bought for working the 15.11 kilometre long route between the towns of Altensteig and Nagold. The three tank locomotives had an outer frame and a Klose drive... |
1.000 mm | D n2t |
99.18 | (Prussian T 40) | 1.000 mm | E h2t |
99.19 DRG Class 99.19 The DRG Class 99.19 engines were metre gauge, ten-coupled, superheated, steam locomotives that were employed in the southwestern German state of Württemberg from 1927.... |
(Württemberg Ts 5) | 1.000 mm | E h2t |
99.20 | Bavarian Gts 2x3/3 Bavarian Gts 2x3/3 The Bavarian Class Gts 2x3/3 was a former narrow gauge, German Army, military railway, steam locomotive that was in service on the narrow gauge line from Eichstätt to Kinding.- The State railway locomotive :... |
1.000 mm | C'C h4vt |
99.21 DRG Class 99.21 The only example of the German DRG Class 99.21 steam locomotive was built for the Wangerooge Island Railway on Wangerooge, one of the German-owned Friesian islands in the North Sea.- History :... |
New class for the Wangerooge Island railway Wangerooge Island Railway The single track Wangerooge Island Railway is an unelectrified narrow gauge railway with a rail gauge of 1,000 mm located on the East Frisian island of Wangerooge off the northwestern coast of Germany... |
1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.22 DRG Class 99.22 The three engines of DRG Class 99.22 were standard, narrow gauge locomotives in service with the German Reichsbahn. They had operating numbers 99 221 - 99 223.... |
Einheitslokomotive Einheitslokomotive Einheitslokomotive was the name given to standard classes of German steam locomotives built from 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn to certain common designs, and also to standard German electric locomotives produced after 1952 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn... |
1.000 mm | 1'E1' h2t |
99 231+232 | CVE F | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99 233–235 | CVE C | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99 236–240 | CVE G | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99 241+242 | CVE H | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99 243 | CVE I | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99 244+245 | CVE D | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99 246+247 | CVE E | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.23–24 DR Class 99.23-24 The engines of DR Class 99.23 are metre gauge steam locomotives, that were procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany from 1954 to 1956. When they entered service they had operating numbers 99 231–99 247... |
DR Neubaulokomotive Neubaulokomotive The German term Neubaulokomotive specifically refers to those steam locomotives which were newly designed and built, either for the Deutsche Bundesbahn in West Germany or the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, after the Second World War.-Concept:... |
1.000 mm | 1'E1' h2t |
99.24II | Pillkaller Kleinbahn 21–25 | 1.000 mm | 1'C n2t |
99.25 | LAG Nos. 61, 62, 67 | 1.000 mm | C 1' n2t |
99.26 | LAG No. 64 | 1.000 mm | D h2t |
99.27 | CVE B | 1.000 mm | 1'C n2t |
99.27II | ZVTM Nos. 21 | 1.000 mm | B n2t |
99.28 | CVE A | 1.000 mm | B'B' n2t |
99.28II | ex-French loco | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.29 | PH N | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.29II | Tram d' Ardèche | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.30 | Mecklenburg T 7 Mecklenburg T 7 The Mecklenburg T 7 engines were German, six-coupled, narrow gauge, steam locomotives with the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway . They were employed on the Bäderbahn between Bad Doberan and Heiligendamm. They replaced the existing vehicles after the line had been extended to 15.4... |
900 mm | C n2t |
99.31 | (Mecklenburg T 42) | 900 mm | D n2t |
99.32 DRG Class 99.32 The Class 99.32 engines were standard steam locomotives in service with the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Germany. The three examples built are still working today on the Bäderbahn Molli between Bad Doberan and Kühlungsborn-West... |
Einheitslokomotive Einheitslokomotive Einheitslokomotive was the name given to standard classes of German steam locomotives built from 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn to certain common designs, and also to standard German electric locomotives produced after 1952 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn... |
900 mm | 1'D1' h2t |
99.33 | SDAG Wismut Nos. 1, 22, 44 | 900 mm | D h2t / D n2t |
99.40 | Prussian T 37 Prussian T 37 The Prussian T 37s were German steam locomotives operated by the Prussian state railways. They replaced the smaller 0-6-0T locomotives on the railway line between Beuthen and Kattowitz. In all 18 engines were supplied to Prussia, of which eight were taken over by the Reichsbahn and given numbers 99... |
785 mm | D n2t |
99.41–42 | Prussian T 38 | 785 mm | D h2t |
99.43–44 | Prussian T 39 | 785 mm | E h2t |
99.45–46 | PKP Class T 40 | 785 mm | E h2t |
99.50 | Württemberg Tss 3 | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.51–60 | Saxon IV K Saxon IV K The Saxon IV K were eight-wheeled, narrow gauge, Günther-Meyer type steam engines built for the Royal Saxon State Railways with a rail gauge of 750 mm. A total of 96 were built between 1892 and 1921, making the Saxon IV K the most numerous narrow gauge locomotive in Germany... |
750 mm | B'B' n4vt |
99.61 | Saxon V K Saxon V K The Saxon Class V K were German, eight-coupled, narrow gauge steam locomotives operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways which had been primarily intended for the Müglitztalbahn... |
750 mm | D n2vt |
99.62 | Württemberg Tss 4 | 750 mm | D n2t |
99.63 | Württemberg Tssd Württemberg Tssd The Württemberg Tssd was a class of German, narrow gauge, steam locomotive operated by the Royal Württemberg State Railways. They were initially deployed on the Öchsle Railway in 1899 between Biberach an der Riß and Ochsenhausen... |
750 mm | B'B n4vt |
99.64–65 | Saxon VI K | 750 mm | E h2t |
99.67–71 | DRG copy | 750 mm | E h2 t |
99.73–76 | Einheitslokomotive Einheitslokomotive Einheitslokomotive was the name given to standard classes of German steam locomotives built from 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn to certain common designs, and also to standard German electric locomotives produced after 1952 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn... |
750 mm | 1'E1' h2t |
99.77–79 DR Class 99.77-79 The steam locomotives of DR Class 99.77–79 were ordered by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War. They were narrow gauge locomotives with a 750 mm rail gauge and were built for the narrow gauge lines in Saxony. The locomotives were largely identical to the DRG... |
DR Neubaulokomotive Neubaulokomotive The German term Neubaulokomotive specifically refers to those steam locomotives which were newly designed and built, either for the Deutsche Bundesbahn in West Germany or the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, after the Second World War.-Concept:... |
750 mm | 1'E1' h2t |
99.79 | FBB Nos. 11 to 13 | 750 mm | C 1' n2t |
99.80 | NÖLB Class Uv | 760 mm | C 1' n2vt |
99.81–82 | NÖLB Class Uh | 760 mm | C 1' h2t |
99.83 | JDŽ Class 81 | 760 mm | D n2t |
99.90 | kkStB Class Yv | 760 mm | C 2' n2vt |
99.100 | BBÖ Class P | 760 mm | D 1' h2t |
99.110 | NÖLB Class Mv | 760 mm | D 2' n2vt |
99.111 | NÖLB Class Mh | 760 mm | D 2' h2t |
99.120 | BBÖ Class Kh | 760 mm | E h2t |
99.130 | ČSD Class U 48.0 | 760 mm | 1'D 1' n2t |
99.140 | SŽD Class ГР | 750 mm | D h2 |
99.150 | PKP Class B | 600 mm | B n2t |
99.151 | PKP Class C 1 | 600 mm | C n2t |
99.152 | PKP Class C 3 | 600 mm | C h2t |
99.153-158 | PKP Class D 1, D 3 | 600 mm | D n2t |
99.158-160 | PKP Class D | 600 mm | D h2t |
99.161 | PKP Class E, Es | 600 mm | E n2t |
99.162 | PKP Nos. 1334 | 600 mm | E n2 |
99.163 | PKP Nos. 4223+4262, LG Nos. K 4-402 | 600 mm | E n2 |
99.164 | 600 mm | C'C' h4t | |
99.250 | PKP Class C 6, C 10, C 11 | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.251–253 | PKP Class C 6, C 9 | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.254 | PKP Nos. 3003 | 750 mm | C1' n2t |
99.255–256 | PKP Class D 5, D 7 | 750 mm | D n2t |
99.256 | PKP Class D 8, PKP Nos. 1690 | 750 mm | D n2vt D n2t |
99.257 | PKP Class D 6 | 750 mm | D n2vt |
99.257–258 | PKP Class Wp 29 | 750 mm | D h2t |
99.270 | Pillkaller Kleinbahn 21–25 | 1000 mm | 1'C n2t |
99.300 | MPSB no nos. | 600 mm | B n2(t) |
99.330 | WEM No. 1 Graf Arnim | 600 mm | C n2(t) |
99.331 | WEM Nos. 2–7 | 600 mm | D n2t |
99.335 | MPSB Nos. 1II, 4II, 5II | 600 mm | C 1' n2(t) |
99.336 | MPSB Nos. 14II | 600 mm | D h2 |
99.345 | MPSB No. 8II | 600 mm | C 1' h2(t) |
99.346 | MPSB Nos. 9II, 12II | 600 mm | D h2 |
99.365 | MPSB Nos. 21III, 32II | 600 mm | B n2t |
99.400 | Heeresfeldbahnlok | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.405 | 750 mm | D n2 | |
99.430 | KJI No. 23 | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.440 | 750 mm | ||
99.450 | Prignitzer KKB 14–17, 21–22, 23 | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.451 | RSN Nos. 1–5 | 750 mm | C 1' n2t |
99.452 | Lenz-Typ nn (RüKB Nos. 31nn–35nn) | 750 mm | B'B n4vt |
99.453 | TB Glückauf and Trusetal | 750 mm | D n2t |
99.454 | SŽD Class Щ | 750 mm | D h2 |
99.455 | KJI No. 11 | 750 mm | D n2 /D n2t |
99.460 | Lenz-Typ m (DKBO No. 2m, RüKB 7m, 9m) | 750 mm | B n2t |
99.461 | Trusebahn No. 6; KKP 1, 2; KJI Nos. 9, 10 | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.462 | Prussian T 36 (RüKB No. 265) | 750 mm (785 mm) | C 2' n2t |
99.463 | RüKB Nos. 51Mh to 53Mh RüKB Nos. 51Mh to 53Mh The RüKB Nos. 51Mh–53Mh were German narrow gauge steam locomotives operated by the Rügen narrow gauge railway on the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea... |
750 mm | D h2t |
99.464 | KJI Nos. 11–16 | 750 mm | D n2t |
99.465 | JLKB Nos. 1, 4 and 5 | 750 mm | C n2 |
99.470 | PKKB Nos. 18 and 19 | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.471 | PKKB Nos. 20; FBB Nos. 11 to 13 | 750 mm | C 1' n2t |
99.472 | KJI No. 22 | 750 mm | B n2t |
99.480 | KJI Nos. 20 and 21 | 750 mm | 1' D h2t (D h2t) |
99.500 | Spremberger Stadtbahn No. 11 | 1.000 mm | B h2t |
99.520 | Spremberger Stadtbahn No. 12 | 1.000 mm | B n2t |
99.560 | Lenz-Typ i (FKB Nos. 1-6, PLB Nos. 119–124) | 1.000 mm | B n2t |
99.561 | Salzwedeler Kleinbahn No. 5 (FKB No. 9°, PLB No. 130) | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.562 | Lenz-Typ ii (FKB Nos. 7, 8, PLB Nos. 165, 166) | 1.000 mm | B'B n4vt |
99.563 | (NWE Nos. 71 and 72) | 1.000 mm | C 1' n4vt |
99 5633 | Pillkaller Kleinbahn 21–25 | 1.000 mm | 1' C n2t |
99.570 | Spreewaldbahn Nos. 1 to 7 | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.571 | GMWE Nos. 1 to 4, 6 | 1.000 mm | B'B n4vt |
99.580 | Lenz-Typ x (HHE Nos. 3x–4x), NWE Nos. 1 to 3 | 1.000 mm | B n2t |
99.581 | GHE – Selke to Hasselfelde | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.590 | NWE Nos. 11 to 22, NWE Nos. 41 | 1.000 mm | B'B n4vt |
99.591 | GMWE Nos. 7 and 8 | 1.000 mm | D h2t |
99.600 | NWE No. 21 | 1.000 mm | 1'C1' h2t |
99.601 | NWE Nos. 51 and 52 | 1.000 mm | (1'B)'B1' h4vt |
99.610 | NWE Nos. 6 and 7 | 1.000 mm | C h2t/C n2t |
99.710 | Prussian T 31 | 1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.720 | Baden C Baden C The Baden C was a six-wheeled, narrow gauge, tank locomotive designed for the metre gauge line from Mosbach to Mudau.-History:The four locomotives were built in 1904 by the firm of Borsig. The frame was designed as a water tank. Due to the steep inclines it had a large boiler, the boiler barrel... |
1.000 mm | C n2t |
99.730-731 | BBÖ Class Zz | 1.000 mm | 2 1' n2(b)t |
99.750-752 | Saxon I K | 750 mm | C n2t |
99.754 | Saxon III K | 750 mm | C 1'n2t |
99.780 | BBÖ Class T | 760 mm | C 1'n2t |
99.781-782 | kkStB U | 760 mm | C 1'n2t |
99.783 | Steyrtalbahn 1–6 | 760 mm | C 1'n2t |
99.784 | ČSD Class U 37.0 | 760 mm | C 1'n2t |
See also
- Deutsche ReichsbahnDeutsche ReichsbahnDeutsche Reichsbahn was the name of the following two companies:* Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German Imperial Railways during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the immediate aftermath...
- Deutsche BundesbahnDeutsche BundesbahnThe Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany on September 7, 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft '...
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- List of DRG locomotives and railcars
- EinheitsdampflokomotiveEinheitsdampflokomotiveThe German term Einheitsdampflokomotive, sometimes shortened to Einheitslokomotive or Einheitslok, means standard steam locomotive and refers to the steam engines built in Germany after 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft...
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany