A Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive is the German term for a special wartime locomotive (Kriegslokomotive

Kriegslokomotive

Kriegslokomotiven were German 'war locomotives', produced in large numbers during the Second World War, whose construction was tailored to the economic circumstances of wartime Germany, such as shortages of materials, goods transportation , ease of maintenance under difficult conditions, resistance...

) for employment on military field railways (Heeresfeldbahn

Heeresfeldbahn

A Heeresfeldbahn is a German or Austrian military field railway . They were field railways designed for the military transportation purposes.- History :...

en), railways usually designed to transport military supplies to the front line.

Classes

Steam locomotives

(KDL = Kriegsdampflokomotive)

• HF 70 C (KDL 12)
• HF 110 C
• HF 160 D
  Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive HF 160 D
  The German narrow gauge steam locomotives of military field railway class HF 160 D were 0-8-0 tender locomotives developed for wartime service during the Second World War. The engines were also classified as Kriegsdampflokomotive 11 or KDL 11...
  
   (KDL 11)
• HF 210 E

Diesel locomotives

(KML = Kriegsmotorlokomotive)

• HF 200 D
• HF 130 C (KML 3)
• HF 50 B (KML 4)
• HF 40 B (Industrie class Deutz OMZ 122 F for bridging the gap whilst the HF 50 B was being designed)

Preserved

German Heeresfeldbahnlokomotiven preserved in Germany after the Second World War:

Steam locomotives

• HF 70 C (KDL 12)
• HF 110 C (JLKB Nos. 1, 4 and 5): Nicki + Frank S. (Slg. Seidensticker)
• HF 160 D (KDL 11)
• HF 210 E: Aquarius C (Slg. Seidensticker)

in Austria

Many Heeresfeldbahnlokomotiven were left in Austria after the war; as a result many of these locomotives were used by Austrian railway companies.

Steam locomotives

• SKGLB 19 (HF 160 D)
• SKGLB 22 (HF 210 E)
• SKGLB 32 (HF 110 C)
• SKGLB 33 (HF 110 C)

Steam locomotives

• Swakopmund-Windhuk Staatsbahn Zwillinge, Number 154A (154B is lost) on a plinth under a shelter outside Windhoek
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  Station.

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany