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DRG Class 99.73–76

Index DRG Class 99.73–76

The German Class 99.73-76 engines were standard locomotives (Einheitslokomotiven) in service with the Deutsche Reichsbahn for Saxony's narrow gauge railways. [1]

39 relations: Berliner Maschinenbau, Bissel truck, Boiler, Carrying wheel, Chemnitz, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Double heading, DR Class 99.77-79, Driving wheel, Einheitsdampflokomotive, Feedwater heater, Fichtelberg Railway, Freital, Heberlein brake, Injector, Knorr-Bremse, List of DRG locomotives and railcars, Narrow-gauge railway, Ore Mountains, Orenstein & Koppel, Potsdam, Radebeul–Radeburg railway, Railway air brake, Richard Hartmann, Sächsische Maschinenfabrik, Scharfenberg coupler, Smokebox, Thumer Netz, Track gauge, Vacuum brake, Walschaerts valve gear, War reparations, Weisseritz Valley Railway, Wheelbase, Wilsdruff, Wismut (mining company), Zittau, Zittau–Oybin/Jonsdorf railway, 2-10-2.

Berliner Maschinenbau

Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives.

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Bissel truck

A Bissel truck (also: Bissell truck or Bissel bogie) is a single-axled bogie which pivots towards the centre of a steam locomotive to enable it to negotiate curves more easily.

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Boiler

A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.

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Carrying wheel

A carrying wheel on a steam locomotive is a wheel that is not driven; i.e., it is uncoupled and can run freely, unlike a coupled or driving wheel.

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Chemnitz

Chemnitz, known from 1953 to 1990 as Karl-Marx-Stadt, is the third-largest city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

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Deutsche Reichsbahn

The Deutsche Reichsbahn, also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the name of the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regional railways of the individual states of the German Empire.

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Double heading

In railroad terminology, double heading indicates the use of two locomotives at the front of a train, each operated individually by its own crew.

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DR Class 99.77-79

The steam locomotives of DR Class 99.77–79 were ordered by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War.

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Driving wheel

On a steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered wheel which is driven by the locomotive's pistons (or turbine, in the case of a steam turbine locomotive).

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Einheitsdampflokomotive

The German term Einheitsdampflokomotive, sometimes shortened to Einheitslokomotive or Einheitslok, means standard steam locomotive and refers to the steam engines built in Germany after 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft.

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Feedwater heater

A feedwater heater is a power plant component used to pre-heat water delivered to a steam generating boiler.

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Fichtelberg Railway

The Fichtelberg Railway (German: Fichtelbergbahn) is a narrow gauge railway that leads from the standard gauge international line at Cranzahl to the ski resort of Oberwiesenthal in the Erzgebirge mountains in eastern Germany.

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Freital

Freital is a town in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

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Heberlein brake

Heberlein brake is a continuous railway brake used in Germany that is applied by means of a mechanical cable.

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Injector

A steam injector is typically used to deliver cold water to a boiler against its own pressure using its own live or exhaust steam, replacing any mechanical pump.

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Knorr-Bremse

Knorr-Bremse ("Bremse" meaning brake) is a manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles that has operated in the field for over 110 years.

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List of DRG locomotives and railcars

The railway vehicle classes covered by this list of DRG locomotives and railbuses belonged to the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft or DRG (1924–37) and its successor, the Deutsche Reichsbahn or DRB (post 1937).

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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Ore Mountains

The Ore Mountains or Ore Mountain Range (Erzgebirge; Krušné hory; both literally "ore mountains") in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for around 800 years, from the 12th to the 20th centuries.

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Orenstein & Koppel

Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to "O&K") was a major German engineering company specialising in railway vehicles, escalators, and heavy equipment.

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Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

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Radebeul–Radeburg railway

The Radebeul–Radeburg railway, also known as the Lößnitzgrundbahn ("Lössnitz Valley Railway") and locally nicknamed the Lößnitzdackel (Lößnitz Dachshund), is a gauge narrow gauge steam-hauled railway in the outskirts of Dresden, Germany.

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Railway air brake

A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.

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Richard Hartmann

Richard Hartmann (8 November 1809 – 16 December 1878) was a German engineering manufacturer.

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Sächsische Maschinenfabrik

The Sächsische Maschinenfabrik in Chemnitz was one of the most important engineering companies in Saxony in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century.

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Scharfenberg coupler

The Scharfenberg coupler (Scharfenbergkupplung, abbreviated Schaku) is a commonly used type of fully automatic railway coupling.

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Smokebox

A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a steam locomotive exhaust system.

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Thumer Netz

| The Thumer Netz was a narrow gauge railway network in the area around Thum in Saxony, Germany that operated from 1886 until 1975.

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Track gauge

In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.

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Vacuum brake

The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s.

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Walschaerts valve gear

The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844 used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.

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War reparations

War reparations are payments made after a war by the vanquished to the victors.

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Weisseritz Valley Railway

The Weißeritz Valley Railway (Weißeritztalbahn) is a steam operated narrow gauge railway in Saxony, Germany.

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Wheelbase

In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels.

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Wilsdruff

Wilsdruff is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, with 13,743 inhabitants.

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Wismut (mining company)

SAG/SDAG Wismut was a uranium mining company in East Germany during the time of the cold war.

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Zittau

Zittau (Žitava, Żytawa, Žitawa) is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, very close to the border tri-point of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

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Zittau–Oybin/Jonsdorf railway

The Zittau–Oybin/Jonsdorf railway, or Zittau–Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf narrow-gauge railway (German: Schmalspurbahn Zittau–Kurort Oybin/Kurort Jonsdorf), is a narrow-gauge railway system employing steam locomotives and serving the mountain health-spa resorts (German: Kurorten) of Oybin and Jonsdorf in the Zittau Mountains in southeast Saxony (Germany).

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2-10-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRG_Class_99.73–76

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