| Egyptian Republic Railways 4211 class | |
|---|---|
| Power type | diesel |
| Builder | Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik[1] |
| Serial number | 1955–56 batch 12161–12187[1] |
| Build date | 1953; 1955–56[1] |
| Total produced | 42[1] |
| Configuration | 0-6-0[1] |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Locomotive weight | 66.2 long tons (67.3 t; 74.1 ST)[2] |
| Cylinders | 8[2] |
| Cylinder size | 8.5 × 10 in (216 × 254 mm)[2] |
| Power output | 360 bhp |
| Career | Egyptian State Railways;[1] Israel Railways[2][3] |
| Class | 4211 |
| Number in class | 42 |
| Number | 4211 – 4252[1] |
| Nicknames | "Abdel Nasser" (in Israel)[3] |
| Locale | Egypt;[1] after 1956 one in Israel[2][3] |
| Delivered | 1953; 1955–56[1] |
| First run | 1953 |
| Disposition | one captured by Israel in 1956[2] and scrapped 1970[3] |
The Egyptian Republic Railways 4211 class was a class of 0-6-0 diesel shunter introduced on Egyptian Republic Railways (now Egyptian National Railways) in the 1950s. Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik in Jungenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany built the first batch of 15 in 1953 and the second batch of 27 in 1955–56.[1]
During the 1956 Israeli invasion of Sinai number 4239 (Jung works number 21646) was captured in Sinai[3] on the former Palestine Railways line between El Kantara East and Gaza. It was taken into Israel Railways and renumbered 251.[2] It was little used and in about 1970 it was scrapped.[3]