- DRG Class 99.32
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Class 99.32 
Number(s): 99 321–99 324
DR: 99 2321–99 2324Quantity: 4 Manufacturer: Orenstein & Koppel, DLW Meiningen Year(s) of manufacture: 1932, 2008 Wheel arrangement: 2-8-2 Axle arrangement: 1'D1' h2t Type: K 46.9 Gauge: 900 mm Length over buffers: 10,595 mm Height: 3,400 mm Service weight: 43.80 t Adhesive weight: 32.33 t Top speed: 50 km/h Indicated Power: 460 PSi / 34 kW Starting tractive effort: 59.33 kN Driving wheel diameter: 1,l00 mm Leading wheel diameter: 550 mm Trailing wheel diameter: 550 mm Valve gear: outside Walschaerts (Heusinger) No. of cylinders: 2 Cylinder bore: 380 mm Piston stroke: 550 mm Boiler Overpressure: 14 bar Grate area: 1.62 m² Superheater area: 30.60 m² Evaporative heating area: 61.00 m² Water capacity: 3.0 m² Fuel: 1.7 t coal The Class 99.32 engines were standard steam locomotives (Einheitsdampflokomotiven) in service with the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Germany. The three examples built are still working today on the Bäderbahn Molli (Molli Spa Railway) between Bad Doberan and Kühlungsborn-West. A feature of the engines is the tapered driver's cab due to the restricted loading gauge of the upper section of the line. With a top speed of 50 km/h it is one of the fastest narrow gauge locomotive classes in the whole of Germany, however it cannot run at that speed on this particular route.
Together with the DRG Class 99.33s, they are the only steam locomotives on the Bäderbahn Molli. Because the small Wismut engines have a low tractive effort and top speed, the search for alternatives started. As a result a fourth Einheitslok was built in Dampflokwerk Meiningen.
- 99 321 in service at Kühlungsborn West
- 99 322 in service at Kühlungsborn West
- 99 323 in service at Kühlungsborn West
- 99 324 in service at Kühlungsborn West
Literature
- Klaus Kieper, Reiner Preuß: Schmalspurbahnarchiv. transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen, Berlin 1980. Also under the title:
- Klaus Kieper, Reiner Preuß: Schmalspur zwischen Ostsee und Erzgebirge, Alba Buchverlag, Düsseldorf 1980. ISBN 3-87094-069-7
- Horst J. Obermayer: Taschenbuch Deutsche Schmalspur-Dampflokomotiven. Franckh, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03818-1
See also
External links
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany
Classes of Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotive Express train tender locomotives Passenger train tender locomotives Goods train tender locomotives Passenger tank locomotives Goods tank locomotives Rack railway, branch line & narrow gauge locomotives Electric locomotives Diesel locomotives Railbuses and multiple units State railway locomotive lists Categories:- Steam locomotives of Germany
- 2-8-2T locomotives
- Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1932
- 900 mm gauge locomotives
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