The German
narrow gauge
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Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
steam locomotives of military field railway (''
Heeresfeldbahn'') class HF 160 D were tender locomotives developed for wartime service during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
. The engines were also classified as Kriegsdampflokomotive 11 (wartime steam locomotive 11) or KDL 11. After the war the locomotives were put to use for civilian purposes.
HF 160 D in Austria
In the
Austrian Federal Railway
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(ÖBB), the locomotives were grouped into Class 699. Class 699.1 was a rebuild of the engines into
tank locomotive
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s. Class 699 engines could be encountered on several ÖBB narrow gauge railways: the ''
Bregenzerwald Railway'', the ''
Pinzgau Railway'', the ''
Waldviertel Narrow Gauge Railway'', the ''
Vellach Valley Railway'' and the ''
Steyr Valley Railway''. Six engines had been retired by 1973, number 699.103 belonged to the operating fleet of the ''Steyrtalbahn'' until its withdrawal in 1982.
Post 1945
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Société Franco-Belge
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2817/1944: HF 2817 → ÖBB 699.101 → ''
Gurk Valley Railway'' 699.101, operational
* Société Franco-Belge 2818/1944: HF 2818 → ÖBB 699.01 →
Club 760 699.01, working, in use on the
Taurachbahn
The Taurach Railway (german: Taurachbahn) is a narrow-gauge museum railway in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
History
The Taurach Railway uses the section of the Murtalbahn from Tamsweg to Mauterndorf, which was closed for economic reasons in 19 ...
* Société Franco-Belge 2819/1944: HF 2819 → ÖBB 699.102
* Société Franco-Belge 2821/1944: HF 2821 → ÖBB 699.103
* Société Franco-Belge 2822/1944: HF 2822 → ÖBB 699.02 → ? →
Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
(German Museum of Technology) in Berlin, Germany is a museum of science and technology, and exhibits a large collection of historical technical artifacts. The museum's main emphasis originally was on rail transport, but today it also features e ...
, not working
* Société Franco-Belge 2836/1945: ? → CFCD No. 10, working,
Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre (APPEVA), France
* Société Franco-Belge 2843/1945: ? → AMTP Nr. 4-12, converted to
rail gauge, working,
Pithiviers
Pithiviers () is a commune in the Loiret department, north central France. It is one of the subprefectures of Loiret. It is twinned with Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, England and Burglengenfeld in Bavaria, Germany.
Its attractions incl ...
, France
L'Association du Musée des Transports de Pithiviers* Société Franco-Belge 2844/1945: ? → No. unknown, converted to rail gauge, not working,
Bligny sur Ouches, France, http://www.lepetittraindebligny.com/
* Société Franco-Belge 2845/1945: ? → Le Petit Train de la Vallee de la Doller (), France (loco converted to
standard gauge)
* Société Franco-Belge 2855/1944: HF 2855 → SKGLB 19 –without tender→ STLB 699.01 →
W&LLR No. 10 ''Sir Drefaldwyn'', Powys, Wales, Great Britain
* Société Franco-Belge 2856/1944: HF 2856 → ÖBB 699.03
* Société Franco-Belge 2857/1944: HF 2857 → ÖBB 699.104
See also
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Heeresfeldbahn - German military field railways
References
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{{Commons category, HF 160 D
Military locomotives of Germany
Military railway equipment
Franco-Belge locomotives
750 mm gauge locomotives
0-8-0T locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1944