DRG Class 99.21
BgcolorA00
ColorFFF
PowertypeSteam
BuilderHenschel & Sohn
Serialnumber21442
Builddate1929
Totalproduction1
UicclassC n2t
DrgtypeK 33.6
Driverdiameter800 mm (2 ft 7 in)
Wheelspacing
  • 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 in) +
  • 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 in) =
Engine total2,000 mm (6 ft 7 in)
Over headstocks5,500 mm (18 ft 1 in)
Over buffers6,400 mm (21 ft 0 in)
Height3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in)
Axleload6.1 tonnes (6.0 long tons; 6.7 short tons)
Weightondrivers18.3 tonnes (18.0 long tons; 20.2 short tons)
Emptyweight14.8 tonnes (14.6 long tons; 16.3 short tons)
Serviceweight18.3 tonnes (18.0 long tons; 20.2 short tons)
FueltypeCoal
Fuelcap600 kg (1,300 lb)
Watercap1.8 m3 (396 imp gal; 476 US gal)
Firearea0.60 m2 (6.5 sq ft)
Pitch1,850 mm (6 ft 1 in)
Lengthinside2,550 mm (8 ft 4 in)
Smalltubediameter41.5 mm (1.63 in), 90 off
Boilerpressure14 bar (203 psi)
Fireboxarea2.66 m2 (28.6 sq ft)
Tubearea26.40 m2 (284.2 sq ft)
Totalsurface29.06 m2 (312.8 sq ft)
CylindercountTwo, outside
Cylindersize310 by 400 mm (12 by 16 in)
ValvegearHeusinger (Walschaerts)
TrainbrakesKnorr compressed air
ParkingbrakeCounterweight brake
Maxspeed40 km/h (25 mph)
Indicatedpower140 PS (103 kW; 138 hp)
Fleetnumbers99 211
LocaleWangerooge
Deliverydate1929
Retiredate1960
DispositionPreserved, on static display

Built in 1929 by German locomotive builder Henschel & Son, the Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 99.21 was a unique narrow gauge 0-6-0T steam tank locomotive built for the Wangerooge Island Railway on Wangerooge, one of the German-owned Friesian islands in the North Sea.

History

For hauling eight-wheeled passenger coaches a more powerful locomotive was needed. After the procurement of diesel locomotives in 1958 she remained for a time as a reserve engine. She carried number 99 211.

Today the locomotive is restored and is displayed as a monument on Wangerooge.

Technical Details

The inner frame of the locomotive was also used as a water tank. She was designed as a saturated steam locomotive. The boiler had two shell rings and 90 heating tubes. The drive was achieved via a Walschaerts valve gear driving the third axle. The wheels on the centre axle were made without flanges to improve curve running.

The engine could hold 0.6 tonnes of coal in side tanks either side of the boiler, and 1.8 m3 of water in the frame and in an attachment to the coal bunker. The engine was first equipped with electrical lighting in 1953.

See also

References

  • Werning, Malte (1999). Wangerooge: Die Inselbahn und ihre Geschichte. Gülzow: Lokrundschau Verlag. ISBN 3-931647-09-9.