Württemberg T 6
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The Württemberg T 6 was a German, 0-8-0T, goods train, tank locomotive
operated by the Royal Württemberg State Railways
.
The T 6 was specially procured for heavy shunting duties and was mainly used in the Stuttgart
area.
Locomotive number 1407 was handed over to the French state railway ETAT in 1919 and allocated number 40.903.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn
took over the remaining eleven locomotives and grouped them into DRG Class 92.0 within their numbering plan.
Already by 1945 a number of the locomotives had been sold to private railways. Only number 92 004 ended up in the Deutsche Bundesbahn
, who sold it too, in 1950, to a private railway.
Tank locomotive
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. It will most likely also have some kind of bunker to hold the fuel. There are several different types of tank locomotive dependent upon...
operated by the Royal Württemberg State Railways
Royal Württemberg State Railways
The Royal Württemberg State Railways were the state railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg between 1843 and 1920...
.
The T 6 was specially procured for heavy shunting duties and was mainly used in the Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
area.
Locomotive number 1407 was handed over to the French state railway ETAT in 1919 and allocated number 40.903.
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...
took over the remaining eleven locomotives and grouped them into DRG Class 92.0 within their numbering plan.
Already by 1945 a number of the locomotives had been sold to private railways. Only number 92 004 ended up in the Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The 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 '...
, who sold it too, in 1950, to a private railway.
See also
- Royal Württemberg State RailwaysRoyal Württemberg State RailwaysThe Royal Württemberg State Railways were the state railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg between 1843 and 1920...
- List of Württemberg locomotives and railbuses
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany