Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive HF 160 D

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HF 160 D
69901 Mauterndorf.jpg
ÖBB 699.01
Type and origin
Builder Société Franco-Belge
Build date1944-45
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-8-0
   UIC D
Gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) and
760 mm (2 ft 5+1516 in)
Tender weight12,5 t
Tender type2T6
Fuel capacity0,5 t * + 2,5 t **
Water cap.0,6 m3 * + 6m3 **
Cylinders 2
Valve gear Walschaerts (Heusinger)
Performance figures
Maximum speed25 km/h
Indicated power160 PSi
Career
Numbers ÖBB  699.01-03
ÖBB  699.101-104 (rebuild)
SKGLB  19
W&LLR  No. 10
Retired1968
*) Loco capacity
**) Tender capacity
Club 760 699.01 in red tourist railway livery on the Taurach Railway in Mauterndorf 69901 Mauterndorf.jpg
Club 760 699.01 in red tourist railway livery on the Taurach Railway in Mauterndorf
Tank loco 699.103 at Aschach an der Steyr station on the Steyr Valley Railway Steyrtalbahn 04.jpg
Tank loco 699.103 at Aschach an der Steyr station on the Steyr Valley Railway

The German narrow gauge steam locomotives of military field railway ( Heeresfeldbahn ) class HF 160 D were 0-8-0 tender locomotives developed for wartime service during the Second World War. 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.

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HF 160 D in Austria

In the Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB), the locomotives were grouped into Class 699. Class 699.1 was a rebuild of the engines into tank locomotives. 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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