DRG Class 99.19

The DRG Class 99.19 engines were metre gauge, ten-coupled, superheated, steam locomotives that were employed in the southwestern German state of Württemberg from 1927.

DRG Class 99.19 (Württemberg Ts 5)
99 193 on the Blonay-Chamby Railway in 2014
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Maschinenfabrik Esslingen Serial number 4181–4184 Build date 1927 Total produced 4
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-10-0T  • UIC E h2t  • German K 55.9 Gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Driver dia. 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in) Wheelbase: ​  • Axle spacing (Asymmetrical) 930 mm (3 ft 5⁄8 in) + 930 mm (3 ft 5⁄8 in) + 930 mm (3 ft 5⁄8 in) + 930 mm (3 ft 5⁄8 in) =  • Engine 3,720 mm (12 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Length: ​  • Over headstocks 7,060 mm (23 ft 2 in)  • Over buffers 8,436 mm (27 ft 8+1⁄8 in) Width 2,450 mm (8 ft 7⁄16 in) Height 3,550 mm (11 ft 7+3⁄4 in) Axle load 8.7 t (8.6 long tons; 9.6 short tons) Adhesive weight 43.5 t (42.8 long tons; 48.0 short tons) Empty weight 33.6 t (33.1 long tons; 37.0 short tons) Service weight 43.5 t (42.8 long tons; 48.0 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2.5 t (2.5 long tons; 2.8 short tons) Water cap. 4.66 m3 (1,030 imp gal; 1,230 US gal) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 1.60 m2 (17.2 sq ft) Boiler: ​  • Pitch 2,050 mm (6 ft 8+3⁄4 in)  • Tube plates 3,240 mm (10 ft 7+1⁄2 in)  • Small tubes 46 mm (1+13⁄16 in), 79 off  • Large tubes 133 mm (5+1⁄4 in), 18 off Boiler pressure 14 bar (14.3 kgf/cm2; 203 psi) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 6.05 m2 (65.1 sq ft)  • Tubes 35.25 m2 (379.4 sq ft)  • Flues 22.90 m2 (246.5 sq ft)  • Total surface 64.20 m2 (691.0 sq ft) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 24.50 m2 (263.7 sq ft) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 430 mm × 400 mm (16+15⁄16 in × 15+3⁄4 in) Valve gear Heusinger (Walschaerts)
Performance figures Maximum speed 30 km/h (19 mph) Tractive effort 76.15 kN (17,120 lbf)
Career Operators Deutsche Reichsbahn → Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) (1) → Deutsche Bundesbahn (2) Numbers DRG: 99 191 – 99 194 DR: 99 7191-2 (from 1970) Retired DB: 1959, 1967 DR: 1975

In fact this class was to have been procured by the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) as the Class Ts 5, however the intervention of the First World War and the serious economic situation that followed put paid to that.

In 1927 the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft ordered the construction of four of these locomotives from the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen. They were based on a Saxon VI K prototype that already ran on Württemberg's 750mm routes and replaced some ancient Klose locomotives that worked the metre gauge route between Altensteig and Nagold.^[1] They were given operating numbers 99 191 to 99 194.

To negotiate the tight curves the first, third and fifth axles were given side play.

Engine number 99 191 was redeployed on 1 April 1944 to work the line between Eisfeld and Schönbrunn. In 1955 it was used in Gera. In the 1970s there was a plan to sell it to a museum railway, but the sale did not come to fruition and the engine was scrapped.

Locomotive number 99 192 was retired on 5 May 1959. Number 99 193 was retired on 30 November 1967 and was transferred into the ownership of EUROVAPOR, where it is used on the Blonay-Chamby museum railway in Switzerland. It was still there in 2007. There are various accounts of the whereabouts of 99 194. It probably ended up in Yugoslavia after the Second World War and was in service there until the late 1960s with the Yugoslav Railways (JŽ).

The engines could hold 2.5 tonnes of coal and 4.66 m³ of water.

See also

• Deutsche Reichsbahn
• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses

References

1. Ransome-Wallis, P (1971). Preserved Steam Locomotives of Western Europe, Volume One. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-0196-0. p 310

• Lohr, Hermann; Thielmann, Georg (1988). Lokomotiven württembergischer Eisenbahnen (EFA 2.6) (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 142–143, 169. ISBN 3-87094-117-0.
• Weisbrod, Manfred; Petznik, Wolfgang (1981). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 97–99 (EFA 1.4) (in German) (2nd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 127–128, 206. ISBN 3-87094-087-5.