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DRG Class 99.22

99 222 at Brocken, August 2012

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Berliner Maschinenbau
Serial number	9920–9922
Build date	1931
Total produced	3

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-10-2 T
• UIC	1′E1′ h2t
• German	K 57.10
Gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Leading dia.	0,550 mm (1 ft 9+5⁄8 in)
Driver dia.	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trailing dia.	0,550 mm (1 ft 9+5⁄8 in)
Wheelbase:
• Axle spacing (Asymmetrical)	1,950 mm (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) + 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) + 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) + 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) + 1,200 mm (3 ft 11+1⁄4 in) + 1,950 mm (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) =
• Engine	8,700 mm (28 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Length:
• Over couplers	11,636 mm (38 ft 2+1⁄8 in)
Width	2,550 mm (8 ft 4+3⁄8 in)
Height	3,650 mm (11 ft 11+11⁄16 in)
Axle load	10.1 t (9.9 long tons; 11.1 short tons)
Adhesive weight	50.5 t (49.7 long tons; 55.7 short tons)
Empty weight	50.2 t (49.4 long tons; 55.3 short tons)
Service weight	65.8 t (64.8 long tons; 72.5 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	3.0 t (3.0 long tons; 3.3 short tons)
Water cap.	8.0 m (1,760 imp gal; 2,110 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	1.78 m (19.2 sq ft)
Boiler:
• Pitch	2,550 mm (8 ft 4+3⁄8 in)
• Tube plates	3,500 mm (11 ft 5+3⁄4 in)
• Small tubes	44.5 mm (1+3⁄4 in), 114 off
• Large tubes	118 mm (4+5⁄8 in), 32 off
Boiler pressure	14 bar (14.3 kgf/cm; 203 psi)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	7.7 m (83 sq ft)
• Tubes	49.5 m (533 sq ft)
• Flues	38.7 m (417 sq ft)
• Total surface	95.9 m (1,032 sq ft)
Superheater:
• Heating area	33.0 m (355 sq ft)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	500 mm × 500 mm (19+11⁄16 in × 19+11⁄16 in)
Valve gear	Heusinger (Walschaerts)
Train brakes	originally K-P m.Z. and Schleifer driver's brake valve. Hardy vacuum brake with auxiliary brake. † KE-P m.Z. ‡
Parking brake	Counterweight brake
Couplers	Janney centre buffer couplings

Performance figures
Maximum speed	40 km/h (25 mph) in regular service (≈ 90 km/h (56 mph) maximum recorded)
Indicated power	650–750 PS (478–552 kW; 641–740 hp)
Tractive effort	102.97 kN (23,150 lbf)

Career
Operators	Deutsche Reichsbahn → Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) (1)
Numbers	DRG: 99 221 – 99 223 DR from 1970: 99 7222-5

The three engines of DRG Class 99.22 were standard, narrow gauge locomotives (Einheitsloks) in service with the German Reichsbahn. They had operating numbers 99 221 to 99 223.

They were built and deployed for the railway line from Eisfeld to Schönbrunn. In 1944, during the course of the Second World War, locomotives 99 221 and 99 223 went to the Thamshavnbanen copper ore line in Norway. After the end of the war they stayed there and were later scrapped. Locomotive 99 222 remained on duty until 1966 on its original route, but when it became clear that the end was nigh, it transferred to the Harz and is in service today on the network of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) between Nordhausen, Quedlinburg and Wernigerode.

The Class 99.22 is the most powerful of the German narrow gauge steam locomotives and had Bissel axles. In addition the coal tank tapered toward the back. One feature was the Janney automatic centre buffer coupling. After its transfer to the Harzquerbahn, 99 222 was converted to the normal compensating coupling with central buffer. This conversion can be clearly recognised by the cutouts in the buffer beam.

The locomotives had a Walschaerts valve gear driving the third axle.

On the introduction of the DR's new EDP numbering scheme in 1970 the engine was given operating number 99 7222, which she carries to this day because the HSB has retained the DR numbering from 1970.

The new DR Class 99.23-24 locomotives were built on the basis of the Einheitsloks. Differences in the new engines are the feedwater heater and the bar frame.

99 221 last duties: Thamshavnbanen (Norway) - scrapped in 1953
99 222 in service with the HSB
99 223 last duties: Thamshavnbanen (Norway) - scrapped in 1947

References

Weisbrod, Manfred; Petznik, Wolfgang (1981). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 97–99 (EFA 1.4) (in German) (2nd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 133–137, 207. ISBN 3-87094-087-5.

External links

99 222 at the Selke valley railway

v t e Classes of Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotive
Express train tender locomotives	01 01.10 02 02.1 03 03.10 04 05 06 19.10
Passenger train tender locomotives	23 24
Goods train tender locomotives	41 42 43 44 45 50 52 56.2–8
Express train tank locomotives	61
Passenger train tank locomotives	62 64 71.0
Goods train tank locomotives	80 81 84 85 86 87 89.0
Rack railway, branch line & narrow gauge locomotives	97.5 98.10 98.11 99.19 99.21 99.22 99.31 99.32 99.73–76
Electric locomotives	E 04 E 05 E 06.1 E 15 E 16 E 16.5 E 17 E 18 E 19 E 21 E 21.5 E 44 E 60 E 63 E 75 E 77 E 80 E 91 E 93 E 94 E 95 E 178 E 244
Diesel locomotives	V 3001 V 3201 V 3601 V 3602 V 3801 Kö I Köf II
Railbuses and multiple units	ET 25 ET 25.1 ET 31 ET 41 ET 51 ET 51.1 ET 55 ET 65 ET 82 ET 85 ET 87 ET 89 ET 91 SVT 125 SVT 137 ET 165 ET 166 ET 167 ET 168 ET 169 ET 171 SVT 877 Wismar
State railway locomotive lists	Baden Bavaria Mecklenburg Oldenburg Palatinate Prussia Saxony Württemberg

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